Up to 30 shot dead after winning traditional spring reindeer races in remote Tiksi.
Pictures of the paws, stashed in the tyres of their vehicle, have gone around the world.
When their neighbour died, his cat moved in with a 56-year-old woman from Buryatia and her husband.
Novel approach to help recovery of leopard and tiger numbers in the Russian Far East.
Yury Obraztsov, 54, was beaten, whipped and fed on animal food for 3 years after going missing in 2014.
Olga Chekanova, 24, went from nightclub at 4am, and taxi driver dropped her 200 metres from destination.
He ekes out a living in the remote village of Dubinka, population 15.
Proof of recovery of endangered species after 'historic' sighting of Siberian tiger 2000 km west of its usual habitat.
Thousands of years ago woolly mammoths came here to die: but why? The macabre ancient remains haunt local residents to this day.