Alla loves nothing more than taking pictures of her beloved pets – and it seems the world can't get enough of them either.

As he turned 94 this month, a museum opened in his home village of Kurya, Altai.

Colourful election as bears, tigers and half-naked gymnasts vote in record-breaking result.

Rouble exchange rate means there is no better time for foreigners to visit Russia and stay in comfort at bargain prices.

Grapes for first 10,000 bottles of wine now being harvested in Altai vineyards.

Setting himself on fire and using nothing but a snowdrift to soften his landing, wannabe stuntman shows why he is a real-life Siberian Superman.

'Sensational' discovery in Denisova Cave is at least 50,000 years old BUT it wasn't made by Homo sapiens.

New details emerge about 1928 odyssey that changed a dictator.