Vessel 'holed by drifting ice', says regional Emergency Ministry source.
Amur tigress orphaned in 2012 and released after rehabilitation a year later pictured with her cubs in Bastak Nature Reserve.
A criminal case into possible negligence was opened after the Mi-8 crashed in a mountainous area of Khabarovsk region.
Synchronised explosions unblock this major waterway in the Russian Far East to protect villagers from flooding.
Defences were breached in Komsomolsk-on-Amur engulfing several villages, as forced evacuation rise.
Showing for party founded by Vladimir Putin mirrors the rest of Russia, but ultranationalist Liberal Democrats nudge Communists to third place.
PM Medvedev was ordered to 'reprimand' Regional Development Minister Oleg Govorun for the slow pace of proposals to boost the east of the country.
People begin to mop up their waterlogged homes: but what about the 'abandoned' dogs and cats?
Beijing reviewing its energy needs with slowing economy, says report.
The manoeuvres involved around 160,000 troops, 5,000 tanks, 130 combat aircraft and 70 warships.