Premier Dmitry Medvedev warned it will take two to three weeks to extinguish the fires raging across Siberia.
Born in the Siberian taiga, recluse Agafya Lykova is the sole survivor of the Lykov family who cut themselves off from civilisation in 1936.
Shoreline on remote island retreats by 74 metres in seven years due to increased wave power of unfrozen sea, and thawing permafrost.
Despite warnings of severe temperatures, hundreds of thousands of Russians take ice dips in an annual ritual marking Christ’s baptism in the River Jordan.
Up to six more people are feared to be buried beneath the deep snow in temperatures of -25C outside Norilsk.
A deal would be the biggest Chinese equity participation in onshore oil in Russia.
Plane from Thailand to Yekaterinburg after 'power generation malfunction'.
American couple want to take their prayers and assistance to Russian forest but need at least 720,000 roubles to reach Agafya Lykov’s remote home.