Blagoveschensk

Hero staff of Blagoveschensk cardio centre had just cut open the patient’s chest when a major fire began.

Customs seized 5.8 kilograms of extinct woolly mammoth remains from the Russian citizen.

Pet Druzhok was evacuated but swam back to stand on the doorstep of his waterlogged house, holding back the tide.

A judge in the Russian Far East slept during a case in his court before locking up a man for five years in jail, it is claimed.

Shocking remains of nine beheaded brown bears slain and mutilated by poachers have been found by mushroom pickers in the Republic of Buryatia.

At least 30,000 homes are hit by flooding in Amur region, with Vladimir Putin ordering more emergency aid to stricken people.

750-metre long 'cable car' link between Russia and China across Amur River. 

Damage from wave of floods already labelled 'catastrophic' with worse to come as Russian president Vladimir Putin demands: 'Put people first'.

Tribute for Druzhok who swam back to his own home to protect it against the rising tide of water, and became a symbol of hope.

Pro-Vladimir Putin demos one year on from the Kiev uprising.