Move defies hunters who want to keep shooting the black bear.
Developed in Siberia, the new pepper spray will help ward off aggressive animals and help reduce attacks on people.
Shocking remains of nine beheaded brown bears slain and mutilated by poachers have been found by mushroom pickers in the Republic of Buryatia.
At this rate, the species could be extinct in 6 years, according to latest shocking figures - but are the predators really in such jeopardy?
Paws were attached to underside of carriage in Zabaikalsk region.
Investigation underway into why 'peaceful' bear was shot by police on Sakhalin island, and whether its gallbladder was extracted for black market sale.
Despite the cold weather, growers in Irkutsk are managing to sell their own fruit developed in greenhouses and pollinated by foreign bees.
She pauses for a last look, and then without a backward glance swims across the world's fifth longest river.
Macabre remains of six slaughtered polar bears, 'beheaded with their skins removed', now under criminal investigation.
China is getting closer to European markets due to 'monumental change' wrought by global warming off Siberia's Arctic coast.