The municipal heating system burns narcotics including heroin seized from traffickers.
A methane explosion ripped through the pit in Kemerovo region - but 101 safely escaped to the surface.
Andrey Medvedev, 20, and Alexander Grunenko, 15, met the fearsome beast when they were collecting wild garlic in Kemerovo region.
First ever discovery of a 'live bigfoot' is made in southern Siberia.
The coal miners are in hospital after the explosion at Gramoteinskaya pit near town of Belovo in Kemerovo region.
The 5.3 tremor was felt over a wide area but was centred some 21km from Belovo in Kemerovo region.
Lost bird ‘froze in the air’ and crash landed in front of a car in Kemerovo region.
Beast kills trekker's dog, but exhausted Andrey Ilyushits, 43, survived clinging to branches in Kemerovo region.