The remarkable rescue and evacuation effort was needed because of a severe break-up in the ice sheet due to global warming.

Siberian scientists make discovery of 2,500 year old Saka settlement in up to 23 metres of water in Kyrgyzstan.

An expedition to one of Eurasia's northernmost caves unlocks secrets that might help explain the extinction of mammoths.

Winter show time as birds flock to unique ice-free Altai waters.

'Perfect husband and father' axed, stabbed or strangled full-figured women 'who resembled his mother'.

The president warns that the US and EU want to defang the Russian bear.

Photographs show red lights hovering about the ground and then moving vast distances in less than one minute.

Seasonal greetings from the east of Russia where there are no less than seven different Father Christmas figures to bring joy to children in winter. 

Like an approaching UFO, the bright white luminous ball glides over a field, before heading into woodland.