Showing for party founded by Vladimir Putin mirrors the rest of Russia, but ultranationalist Liberal Democrats nudge Communists to third place.
A gargantuan investment in economic development across many eastern Russian regions was confirmed in Irkutsk by En+ Group.
The worker in the Republic of Tuva got trapped under a concrete slab while helping to dismantle an old asbestos plant.
Sensational underwater treasures - including mummies of Hun-era fashionistas - recaptured from oblivion.
Dozens of major tremors recorded this year as scientists monitor 'unusually strong seismic activity' that will one day tear continent in half.
Made from the splintered ribs of cows or horses, one is still capable of making music.
Abnormally hot May weather resembles midsummer with air temperatures as high as +35C.
Warrior’s grave found in 1988 was identified as male - yet now the 2,600-year-old teenager 'with wart on face’ is revealed to be female.
With smoke having blown as far as the US and Canada, experts now say 'the trend is positive' in controlling fires raging from the Urals to the Pacific.