Stowaway cat fed up with village life finds purrfect way to look for new adventures, celebrating with a bowl of borscht.

Mysterious figure refuses lifts or help as she trudges her way ‘to Kamchatka’.

All ice crossings shut in Irkutsk region, local emergency service on top alert.

Last survivor of prominent base for assault and reconnaissance planes deserted since collapse of the Soviet Union.

Officially Colin Madsen, 25, died from hypothermia on a hiking trip in Buryatia, but his family are convinced he was killed.

A row, a moment of madness, and Maria Lebedeva was changed forever, her brain damaged and looks gone. Now she needs help.