People begin to mop up their waterlogged homes: but what about the 'abandoned' dogs and cats?

In earlier case, brown bear plundered graves and ate human remains.

Our map shows the attacks by bears on humans across a swathe of Siberia and the Russian Far East.

Video shows hero climbers manually breaking ice off its cable stays at height of 324m (1,063ft) in Vladivostok.

North Korea urged to join Russia and China in fixing reliable numbers for Amur big cats.

Flights from east of Russian resumed for the first time since last year's earthquake and tsunami which led to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

Man detained after schoolgirls revealed they 'were forced to have sex with him during almost five years' until one victim confided the alleged abuse to teachers.

Memorandum of understanding will see construction of major projects including new refinery and upgrade to port.

Heavy snow falls in recent days cause mayhem in Russia's 'San Francisco'.