A medical rescue flight to Thailand by the Emergencies Ministry brought home four Russian men to the Siberian city of Tyumen on Sunday.
Think Thailand, and probably schools are not the first thing to come into your head.
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.