Six campaigners staged a dramatic pre-dawn raid on Gazprom early today, clambering onto the company's floating production base in the Pechora Sea.
Endangered big cat is rescued from black market animal traders.
Vessel 'holed by drifting ice', says regional Emergency Ministry source.
Tantalising studies now underway to establish if one of two carcases preserved by permafrost has traces of world's oldest mother's milk.
Agafya Lykova rejects leaving her remote house even though debris from coming rocket launch could fall dangerously close.
One estimate is half a million new jobs stemming from improvements to the Baikal-Amur Mainline link amid hopes of foreign investment.
A Novosibirsk-based businessman and traveller along with his friends are embarking on a drive from the heart of Siberia to the southernmost point of Eurasia.
Discovery of blood in creature frozen for 43,000 years is seen as major breakthrough by international team.
On 31 March, the remarkable Modelling School for People with Special Needs in Tomsk will hold its third casting session.
There are only two places in Russia where Whooper Swans come for winter.