Hotel occupancy down to average 50% in third quarter, with 'sharp drop' in Russian arrivals.

Deadly pesticide used to kill zoo big cat prompting demands for punishment and claims of cover-up.

Monster is jailed for life for murdering as many as 60 victims mainly in Moscow's Bitsa Park.

Alexander Smelov, 55, killed in his office in Yakutsk.

Separate incidents spark concern in Thailand resort.

Norilsk is home to the world biggest mining and metallurgy complex, and is shut off from the world in more ways than one. 

Lena Pillars, a World Heritage Site, hit by the rampant flames, as calls grow for greater efforts to tackle infernos.

Plane from Thailand to Yekaterinburg after 'power generation malfunction'.

President Putin opened his visit to Buryatia by going to Ivolga Datsan, the main monastery of the Buddhist Traditional Sangha in Russia.