7 out of top 10 regions for confiscations are in Siberia or Russian Far East.
Footprints of the world’s biggest cat found in Yakutia, the planet’s coldest permanently inhabited region.
Two men shared a video of feeding spicy pork and sausages to one of the endangered predators.
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.
For the first time in 12 years a family of tigers returns to reserve in Khabarovsk region.
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 cubs of the world’s largest big cat seen in Russian Far East are too young to survive on their own.
The Amur River rises past 7.35 metres in Khabarovsk city, with Komsomolsk-on-Amur, and Nikolayevsk-on-Amur also braced for new flooding.