City of 180,000 is just 26 km from ‘waking’ Avachinsky on Pacific’s ring of fire.

An earthquake in the vicinity of the Russian Far Eastern city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky can be expected in the coming days, say scientists.

Former Ukraine president's son Viktor reportedly drowned when his vehicle plunged through the ice.

Even Russia's Health Minister is on antibiotics after visiting victims of the deadly infection as numbers of infected rise.

Forest infernos will be extinguished by the weekend, pledges government, as wildfires become political issue in Moscow.

Premier Dmitry Medvedev launches inquiry into the tragedy which leaves almost 600 injured. 

Hundreds - including dozens of children - evacuated safely as fires destroy and threaten homes.

The tragedy was at an industrial waste plant near the oil rich Siberian city of Khanty-Mansiysk.

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.

Ten fishermen were plucked to safety after their vessel - Chance-101 - sank 31 miles east of  Svetlaya village, in Primorye region in the Russian Far East.