Experts crack prehistoric mystery over extinct babies preserved in permafrost since Ice Age, and reveal the VERY surprising colour of this 'tigerlion' species.

'The contract in current market parameters is absolutely unprecedented', Putin told investors at the annual Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum.

Enjoy the cats with your cuppa as you experience finest feline therapy. 

Baywatch star on trip to Russian Far East visits lion saved from flooded zoo in Ussuriysk.

Puppy cuddled her, helping to keep her alive when she got lost in the Siberian taiga for 11 days and nights.

Enchanting images and video from rare birth of ‘twins’ in captivity, but keepers demand ‘quiet please’ so as not to disturb the family.

Russian president warns that 'the work is going slowly' and calls for progress.

The Popigai reserves are enough to keep the planet in diamonds for 3,000 years.

Geysers, active volcanoes, thermal lakes, mountains, Pleistocene glaciers, cascading rivers... and a lot of bears! 

Chinese investment to Russia-much of it in Siberia-has risen 36% compared with last year, but Russian ambassador to Beijing wants to see a far bigger level.