Date 18/03/2016 - News People
This week, Leonardo DiCaprio received an Oscar statuette from fans of his in Russia, made out of melted gold and silver jewelry. The actor took to Instagram to share a picture of the gift, with the caption: "Thank you to the people of Yakutia for this wonderful gift, especially all of the women who gathered and donated the materials that went into creating the statue. As they wrote in their letter, Yakutia is home to the coldest inhabited place not only in Russia, but also on Earth ? and the region is extremely vulnerable to climate change. Rising temperatures pose a major threat to its people, their way of life and their natural habitat."
