Free lunch: Locals brought buckets to collect the surprise bounty of fish on beaches on the Tatar Strait.
Alexey Ivanovsky, 36, was ‘clinically dead’ after skin on his head, back and buttocks was ripped off, and leg amputated.
Bad weather preventing clean up amid fears for endangered sea lions.
Dmitry Medvedev promises economic and military development of territory disputed since the end of World War Two.
Leading oil producer Rosneft burns spilled oil to 'minimise ecological damage'.
Japanese companies consider investment in railway extension via islands of Sakhalin and Hokkaido.
Natural causes, or linked to oil and gas exploitation?
So far 60 birds saved but they are so thickly covered in oil they cannot fly or swim.
Iturup gets connected, opening up the stunning scenery of the Kuril Islands to tourism.
Sakhalin or the Kuril Islands could become a wealthy offshore haven.