Law enforcement officers sought to 'force confessions from students' in case of US citizen Colin Madsen, found dead in Buryatia.

Kristina B, 14, and Valeria K, 15, confessed to killing their 'friend' Sofya (Sonya) Potapova after drinking session.

Angara Airlines An-24 loses one engine then hits sewage treatment works and bursts into flames after crew lost control.

With smoke having blown as far as the US and Canada, experts now say 'the trend is positive' in controlling fires raging from the Urals to the Pacific.

Rising numbers of catwalk models and cover stars come from ‘world’s emerging beauty capital’.

Recent reports showed 89 wildfires in Siberia and 25 in the Russian Far East as a new season of damage to forests gets underway.

Separated for 10 years after being sent to an orphanage and possibly adopted overseas, Sofia is desperate for information about younger sibling Yuri.

At least three are dangerously close to population centres in Irkutsk region.

Running for its life after its mother was killed, two-month-old bear is rescued after stumbling into officers.