12,000-year-old remains of puppy were discovered perfectly intact sealed inside permafrost.

Yevgeny Savostyanov fears loss of land after becoming too dependent on Beijing.

Remnants of this land mass still exist in Russia, the US, Canada and Greenland, says groundbreaking new research.

Brave Karina Chikitova hoping for a Barbie doll from Russian Santa, Ded Moroz.

Findings pave the way for a 1.2 million square kilometre claim to the UN on hydrocarbon drilling rights.

Patient breaks out of hospital wearing only a bed sheet in search of his favourite brew, seemingly oblivious to an outside temperature of minus 16C.

Historic cities of Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk ideal to connect country to buoyant Asian markets.

Startling new evidence of thawing of glacial ice in less than six decades, with process speeding in last ten years.

New cities and industries could be created from construction of high-speed railway and motorway routes spanning whole of country.

Study of ancient canine graves shows the important place of the animals in lives of prehistoric people.