Amur Region

7 out of top 10 regions for confiscations are in Siberia or Russian Far East.

Defence Ministry move seen as bolstering Russia's eastward tilt.

At least 30,000 homes are hit by flooding in Amur region, with Vladimir Putin ordering more emergency aid to stricken people.

Warnings of worse rain for the rest of the week came on Wednesday as evacuation of 30 settlements was planned by the authorities.

The number of Amur leopards in the wild in the Far East of Russia has dramatically increased, say wildlife experts.

The Amur River rises past 7.35 metres in Khabarovsk city, with Komsomolsk-on-Amur, and Nikolayevsk-on-Amur also braced for new flooding.

Stunning sculptures appear hanging on trees that were submerged by a giant new reservoir.

At least three are dangerously close to population centres in Irkutsk region.

Drone detects that the bird famed for bringing babies....is doing exactly this.