More than century of waiting ended on Saturday as just married couples were the first to walk on the new cable-stayed Golden Horn Bay Bridge.

Three killer whales and baby 'knew we were trying to save them, and were not aggressive'.

Elsewhere in Buryatia, close to Lake Baikal, there are reports of other strange sightings.

I had a sense that the fear I had known was gone and would never come back. It was an amazing feeling!

Monument to Kate Marsden unveiled in Sosnovka village 123 years after she set out on her epic work.

Lame, exhausted and confused animal seeks out help from the local police in Olyutorsky district of Kamchatka.

Emaciated animal walked 1500km south and away from Arctic Ocean, searching for food.

Economic crisis to blame for delay in plan to breathe new environmentally-friendly life into former Lake Baikal polluter.