Russia bans mining in ten regions from January 1
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source.
The ban was introduced in Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachai-Circassia, North Ossetia, Chechnya, Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, Zaporozhye and Kherson Regions