The fireball sparked panic as it flew over the Ural Mountains, shattering glass in cities, wounding well over 1,000, amid warnings that 'doomsday' had arrived.

Or is it a specially invented weapon to destroy Western food imports in retaliation for sanctions? 

But how did they get to landlocked Kurgan region, 2,400 kilometres from the nearest ocean?

Slava, aged 9, had miraculous escape after metal handle somehow pierced his rib cage.

Drivers and passengers escaped their sinking lorries but oil is leaking into the world’s 11th longest river, prompting a local state of emergency.

Site was a place of religious sacrifices by ancient man up to 60,000 years ago, believe experts.

Doctors say little Anya is 'healthy' but she sleeps for days at a time; they cannot find any abnormalities to account for her condition.

10,000 troops involved in exercises in Omsk region and Orenburg in the southern Urals.

Ten restaurants from the Urals are joining in this year for the first time - will Siberia follow? 

Three cities east of the Urals are in the top ten for a new survey of national contentment.