Three cities east of the Urals are in the top ten for a new survey of national contentment.
Chilling confession of Russia's worst-ever maniac as he is formally charged with 60 new murders.
US Paralympic star on emotional journey back to her roots to meet the parents who gave her up for adoption.
Entirely on her own initiative, Jessica - who will be 21 later this month - is going to Siberia to see her biological mother Natalia, 38, and father Oleg, 37.
Oksana Kizhnerova 'shot at female passenger in car blocking her from overtaking'.
From frost-resistant woolly pigs to sheep that look like goats and horses that love playing the snow, there are lots of surprises across the taiga.