Plane, three fire trains and 5,000 people fighting as dry grass ignites 'like gunpowder'.

The Russian government has ordered the evacuation of North Pole-40 Arctic Station.

Former spies and military operatives write handbook for tourists and hunters, using techniques learned during Soviet era.

Premier Dmitry Medvedev launches inquiry into the tragedy which leaves almost 600 injured. 

A series of tremors in recent days measuring  4.7 to 6.4 points on the Richter scale have been registered  east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

The Okhotsk Sea quake registered 8.3 on the Richter Scale at a depth of 600km, and prompted a tsunami warning. 

A criminal case into possible negligence was opened after the Mi-8 crashed in a mountainous area of Khabarovsk region.

The Russian president has turned to his close ally Sergei Shoigu, former Emergencies Minister, after the Defence Minister was engulfed in a corruption scandal.