He describes a mission to Moscow as the Soviet Union was imploding when he was given access to a document the authorities had earlier claimed did not exist

Environmentalists call for World Bank to halt funding for projects that could alter flow of rivers leading into lake with water nearing critical low.

Today the Asia Pacific is a vital center of economic development and progressive political influence.

Born in the Siberian taiga, recluse Agafya Lykova is the sole survivor of the Lykov family who cut themselves off from civilisation in 1936.

Spaso-Zashiverskaya has survived wars, permafrost, and a smallpox outbreak that wiped out its congregation.

Handler defends moving the reptile in extreme conditions after media highlight animal's death from hypothermia.

High levels of ‘fire ice’ trapped in permafrost may turn Russia into a global leader of new gas sources.

Couple unearth remains of 'rich' female buried up to 1,000 years ago with her rare Chinese bronze mirror.

Yetis have been 'sighted' recently in three different remote areas in Kemerovo region, according to local reports.

Mysterious 'lakes of black oily liquid' found near Nizhnevartovsk.