Tomsk mountaineers had radioed for help but rescuers failed to reach them in time.

Six holy men summon players' ancestors, begging for support in the game against Spain.

Dating back 40,000 years to the Denisovan species of early humans, new pictures show beauty and craftsmanship of prehistoric jewellery.

Ambitious new 1billion rouble venture could see advent of ‘gambling tourism’ in Russia as visitors fly in to Altai resort.

Panning to be legalised in former GULAG region in bid to crackdown on black market.

Latest sensational breakthrough from ancient remains found in Altai Mountain cave are revealed in Nature scientific journal.

Snowboarder Vladimir Fomenko, 26, denies involvement in FBI claims that his leased servers were used to steal private data.

Pictured: the gleaming riches no-one was meant to see belonging to an ancient nomad potentate, and his queen...or was she his concubine? 

Svetlana Shupenko moved to the Altai Mountains to get away from it all - and photograph her beloved cats.

Russia is offering the best tax incentives in the world to create its own Vegas near Vladivostok.