Sculptor Dashi Namdakov pays homage to extinct woolly giant in innovative design aimed at becoming Buryatia's 'brand'.

Nina Bychkova, 12, from Novosibirsk is now aiming at the world crown.

Foster mother blamed for depriving the child from eating properly, and giving him pills to make him sick after food.

Sacred site up to 17,000 years old - believed to be gateway to the underworld - under threat from modern spray paint artists.

Customs seized 5.8 kilograms of extinct woolly mammoth remains from the Russian citizen.

One man's carelessness causes 'fire tornado' which destroys 59 houses, another avoidable blaze razes 17 homes, as state of emergency called.