The mayor of Vladivostok is fed up with Moscow being asleep when he needs key decisions to be made.

Endangered Amur tigers are protected under President Vladimir Putin's special project.

The loved-ones of the nine crew of a freighter loaded with gold ore are refusing to give up the slender hope that they will be found alive.

The wreck of the Amurskaya freighter has been found by divers in around 24 metres of water, officials confirmed on Wednesday.

Airmen 'parachuted' from stricken jet in latest of spate of accidents afflicting military aircraft.

Businessman Yevgeny Vlasov, 53, fell through ice hole but in last words shouted to son to walk to the family’s village store.

One child sends chilling video message home from inferno: ‘Mum, we’ve got a problem here.’

The beaches here are thronged with sun-seekers, children paddle in the warm waters — even the babushki are relaxed.