Footage of orphaned cub leads to arrests.
State of emergency called but locals are told they cannot shoot endangered species scavenging for food at local dump.
Chained to a tree and bitten, five-year-old Masha is used as bait to hone skills in a competition to find the best hunter.
Vadim Klabukov, 23, paid with his life after flouting safety rules when he went to retrieve lost backpack in South Kamchatka nature reserve.
Shocking but inspiring account of heroic woman who survived after bear overpowered her, then buried her alive as its dinner.
Marina Fokina, 34, screamed at beast: 'Eat me but don't touch my child.'
Four children among those hit by the infection which has spread from a beast slaughtered this year.
Up to 500 mother bears a year give birth on remote Wrangel island, also the last place to see woolly mammoths.
Mother-of-two buried alive in forest prepares to be transferred to another hospital for treatment to start.