Living On The Edge: Open-Pit Mines In Siberian City Spark Fear

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In the Siberian city of Kiselyovsk, locals live within a stone's throw of gaping open-pit coal mines. The operations within the city limits are technically forbidden, but residents say clever legal language has allowed the mining companies to keep digging close to their homes. Some fear that their proximity to the mines puts their health and safety at risk.