In 1968 Kolyma Stories was leaked to the West and in 1980 it appeared in an English translation ... High up are the ‘gangsters’: organised and powerful common criminals who hold the camp ...

The trip up to Belaya Gora takes around five days if things run smoothly. Ice road Kolyma Highway Meet Ruslan Dorochenkov, 28 years old and the father of two small boys. For eight years ...