The Okhotsk Sea quake registered 8.3 on the Richter Scale at a depth of 600km, and prompted a tsunami warning. 

US Paralympic star on emotional journey back to her roots to meet the parents who gave her up for adoption.

Infant lost its mother but 43,500 years later gives remarkable evidence that cavemen in prehistoric Europe were RIGHT to draw the species with spots.

The senior politician called for a change of identity for the vast eastern third of Russia, as the country angles itself towards Asia.

The rare predator was caught after weeks of wandering into a village in Russian Far East.

An army of almost 3000 foreign workers combine with locals to get the city ready for the September APEC summit of world leaders. 

This year sees the 400th anniversary of the House of Romanov, the Russian royal family thrown on the scrapheap of history in 1917.

Speculation that reclusive dictator's debut foreign trip will see him visit Khabarovsk in September.