Male, female and two cubs spotted in Ak Cholushpa Nature Park in Altai Republic.
World's coldest region defies its stereotype.
Marriott opens prestigious new hotel on 16 June in Novosibirsk, Siberia's biggest city.
Government announces $1.8 bln package, while volunteers from all over the wolrd collect more than 450 tonnes of trash from the shoreline of the unique lake.
Husband watches as wife is carried away by fast moving mud river after major flooding.
Colourful election as bears, tigers and half-naked gymnasts vote in record-breaking result.
Famed for the purest water on the planet, but this 'is no longer true' with 'no drinking' warning in southern part of lake.
More than 400 volunteers from across Russia on Sunday cleaned up the world famous lake.
Troops and government ministries checked 'for fulfilling tasks under wartime conditions'.