NBC is banning Siberians from watching online trailers and a pilot of its new 'thriller' called 'Siberia'.

Norilsk is home to the world biggest mining and metallurgy complex, and is shut off from the world in more ways than one. 

He ekes out a living in the remote village of Dubinka, population 15. 

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

Satellites show giant hole ringed by 20 'baby craters'.

They dived into rivers and lakes to celebrate the Orthodox Christian holiday of Epiphany.

Cabin attendant Irina Olaru, 22, planned to wed when she was cruelly killed on doomed in Sinai.

Transit passengers from 20 countries will be allowed 72 hours in Russia without the hassle of obtaining a visa.

Enough joking. New NASA-Russian research is leading to concern that global warming is causing truly disturbing changes to the virgin forests of northern Russia.