Students and male 'accomplice' to face justice accused of torturing and killing dogs and cats, posting pictures online, and other crimes.

Leading jeweller Alexey Baburov honoured by Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg.

Players aimed to break stereotypes about what females can do - but their poses have caused a storm on social media.

At least eight black bears killed in terrorised Luchegorsk as starving wild animals roam streets and go on the attack. 

Police launch probe into slaughter of protected two year old animal 'riddled with bullets'.

Pedal power challenge as the Red Bull Trans-Siberian Extreme ultra-stage bicycle race heads from Moscow to Vladivostok.

Remarkable story of the rare big cat that sought out human help with a severe dental problem.

From the Urals to Pacific people this week joined the rest of Russia in marking the massacre in which 334 were killed. 

Mammals were being readied for sale to aquariums in China, but now are to return to wild after public campaign.