Impressive official events but also emotional marches by people carrying portraits of loved ones who served in WW2.

Flooding now covers an area almost as large as France, Germany and Britain combined, or close to the equivalent of Texas and California.

Recent reports showed 89 wildfires in Siberia and 25 in the Russian Far East as a new season of damage to forests gets underway.

Three man team probing the discovery is now 'missing in tundra', say Emergency Ministry officials.

Unknown remains of a large creature have been found in Lake Labynkyr, say the first divers to ever reach its floor.

Krasnoyarsk and Novosibirsk suffering smoke pollution and infernos rage in forests after hot, dry weather.

Forest fire may have caused the blasts which led to 400 people being evacuated.

Five crew safely parachuted from stricken jet in latest of spate of accidents afflicting military aircraft.

Greenpeace claim authorities underestimate the scale of destruction, amid warnings of lack of resources to fight fires.