Monsters made from old car parts and scrap metal.
Nurse Elena is coaled over after receiving 5 tons of coal for shedding 35 kilograms.
Leading oil producer Rosneft burns spilled oil to 'minimise ecological damage'.
Russian ecologist says his undercover trip shows Arctic ecosystem is irreversibly damaged, as whistleblower in ecological watchdog quits and leaves town.
The loved-ones of the nine crew of a freighter loaded with gold ore are refusing to give up the slender hope that they will be found alive.
Glamorous Vita Sidorkina, 22, happy to be part of the annual extravaganza.
The wreck of the Amurskaya freighter has been found by divers in around 24 metres of water, officials confirmed on Wednesday.
Norilsk is home to the world biggest mining and metallurgy complex, and is shut off from the world in more ways than one.