Demands increased on 3 August for a 'state of emergency' to be declared on the world's fifth longest river due to a catastrophic shortage of water.

'Scary' scenes as fumes from burning forests cover Lake Baikal, with people - and bears - fleeing 'Apocalypse'.

Greenpeace claim authorities underestimate the scale of destruction, amid warnings of lack of resources to fight fires. 

One worker seriously injured and panic among nearby residents in secretive community, but public being reassured about incident.

Pro-Kremlin eco-groups echo Greenpeace concerns by highlighting burning of forests which do not appear in government reports.

Real-life adventurers to a 'professional blonde' queue to participate in the ultimate brutal television reality contest, where 'rape and murder' are not banned.

A family was rescued by helicopter after chopping birch trees and using them to spell 'SOS' when they were ringed by blazing wildfires.

Summer 2020 follows unusually hot and dry spring in swinging between the extremes.

Russian government proposes intriguing solution if Ulaanbaatar halts plans for hydropower dams on the Selenga River.

Rampaging knifeman is shot dead by security services after shocking incident in oil city Surgut.