When their neighbour died, his cat moved in with a 56-year-old woman from Buryatia and her husband.

The aim was to grow hemp for rope and insulation, without it becoming a source of the drug. 

In separate case, members of a 'bird mafia' illegally snaring and exporting Red Book hawks and falcons to Middle East were detained in Buryatia.

'All forest wildfires extinguished' in Siberian Federal District, say officials, but peat flames still raging.

Staycations have become a 'mass source of income' for businesses on the edge of Baikal, with predictions of more to come in 2015.

Friends of missing American questioned using polygraph by police as search goes on for 25 year old student last seen early Sunday.

Excessive hot, dry weather behind spread of poisonous creature to Ulan-Ude.

Woman on track doesn't move as tram comes closer, failing to stop before striking her. 

Masked assailant believed to be 9th grade student wielded axe in class ‘cutting off boy’s finger and wounding girl’.

New tourism offices planned across China as government eyes up five-fold increase in visitors crossing the border.