Unveiled: two extinct cave lions  - dug from the permafrost - make their first appearance since Pleistocene times.

Killer whose partner was four months pregnant is jailed for 15 years after he set fire to her body in Krasnoyarsk. 

Football here is as good as Scotland's, and the players are in better shape, claims Garry O'Connor

Keep this to yourself, but one of the last great undiscovered travel secrets on our planet is the Land of Fire and Ice.

Reindeer herders find more craters in the far north in a deepening puzzle for scientists. 

Wooden statue 5.3m high with eight faces gazed over the water for only two decades, but leaves us with a conundrum 11,600 years later.

Vostochny's debut blastoff will be next year, hopefully spring, a delay of at least four months.

Alexey has accrued 13 children, 117 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren over his lifetime, and there may be more on the way!

Scientist warns of 'environmental disaster' due to 'irreversible' pollution in world's deepest and oldest lake.

Forensic examination to be made on well preserved remains of possible Lama teacher.