Yana Dobrovolskaya ate carrots and cottage cheese, then stretched herself on horizontal bars, to gain the height needed to enter pageant.

Horror of seven-year-old girl sexually abused by uncle for 52,000 roubles as woman aimed to clear debts.

On 10 February, eight travellers set out on a two month odyssey covering 4,000 km through some of the world's most inhospitable terrain.

May Day saw around 3,000 'monstrators' out on the streets of Novosibirsk, the latest gathering of a trend that began in 2004.

Scientists split after expedition to see the '100 million year old reptile' in Yamal.

Rodents also 'put in bottles and thrown to audience', claim protesters.

Pedal power challenge as the Red Bull Trans-Siberian Extreme ultra-stage bicycle race heads from Moscow to Vladivostok.

McDonalds comes to town but Burger King is already here in Novosibirsk.