Environmental experts say levels of contamination were 193 times normal.
Bugapocalypse swarms are attacking towns and cities from Novosibirsk to Barnaul.
Vapour trail casts ghostly spectre above Altai just minutes after rocket carrying satellite blasts off into space.
Hailed as a ‘miracle’, Veronika is one of only a dozen cases in the world.
Meet Inspector Anastasia whose secret for looking good is an enthusiasm for keeping fit and eating healthy.
Police say he hanged himself but his grieving wife does not believe he would take his own life.
There are 30 beds in Altai Regional Clinical Children Hospital in Western Siberia, which are never empty.
Twin sisters Violetta and Evelina Yachmenev left hospital in Barnaul just before they turned two months old.
Traffic police in 'fit of laughter' as the dog's debut drive ends in nightmare for the insurance companies.