Parents' nightmare as mystery middle-aged man takes little Vika in Tomsk.

Would-be participants accuse Yevgeny Pyatkovsky of cheating them over the ultimate reality game show combating bears and wolves on an Ob River island.

Heavy rain wreaked havoc in Altai region, and also brought an unexpected visitor.

Advert for a party based on the iconic Ian Dury song 'is propaganda for promiscuity and narcotics use', rules court.

Find-of-the-year by Novosibirsk archeologists is a toy that entertained prehistoric babies.

Yana Dobrovolskaya ate carrots and cottage cheese, then stretched herself on horizontal bars, to gain the height needed to enter pageant.

Secret KGB documents and a book by ex-FSB colonel kickstart 100 year old search for missing Romanov treasures and valuables.

Two graves dating back 2,700 years believed to be from ancient necropolis under city centre.

City of 180,000 is just 26 km from ‘waking’ Avachinsky on Pacific’s ring of fire.

China is getting closer to European markets due to 'monumental change' wrought by global warming off Siberia's Arctic coast.