Colourful election as bears, tigers and half-naked gymnasts vote in record-breaking result.

BP 'welcomed' the interest from the state company in its holding in Russia's third largest oil producer.

Adventurous Alyona plans to dance and play football on the roof of the world after beating competition to join polar team.

Experts undertake pioneering tests on skulls to finally understand how doctors carried out remarkable operations more than 2,300 years ago.

Part of Vasyugan Mire - the largest bog in the world - is to become a natural reserve this year, say reports.

He is believed to be 20, born in the wild, never went to school, received no vaccinations, and was cut off from civilisation.

Thrown in as a puppy, the mongrel grew too large to escape through a tiny hole through which local residents gave her food and water.

Flights just got more interesting with a 'meet and seat' e-scheme from Siberian airline S7.