Andrey Solovyev keeps a lonely all-winter vigil in Yakutia in search of the legendary Labynkyr Devil.

Now the fun begins: tourists swimming in -60C and momentous meeting between the seasonal icons Chyskhaan and Grandfather Frost.

Aware of accounts of mysterious relic reptiles lurking in the deep, here are the first pictures from a record breaking dive.

Sardana Avksentyeva swept to power as mayor of Russia’s diamond capital in September.

A Moscow scientist is calling for a new scientific expedition to solve the mystery of a huge 'monster'. 

Faced with loans and unpaid alimony for daughter, Vyacheslav took flight and now blogs about his escape from financial problems.

As Western children salute Santa's Rudolph, here in the Sakha Republic the antlered animals are in peril from ravenous predators.

Locals hear 'booms from the underworld' in giant ravine but now scientists say it holds secrets of the planet's past.

British man to become the first in the world to ride from Pacific to Atlantic ocean.