But has he put his Big Foot in it? Professor Valentin Sapunov hits the headlines round the world with the claim.
Your guide is the Chairman of the Tuva Republic's government, Sholban Kara-Ool.
Greenpeace is demanding the Russian government blocks a major Gazprom link to Shanghai across one of Siberia's most sacred wildernesses.
He ekes out a living in the remote village of Dubinka, population 15.
An extraordinary adventure, blessed by the Queen of England and the Tsarina of Russia.
Think Thailand, and probably schools are not the first thing to come into your head.
The aim was to grow hemp for rope and insulation, without it becoming a source of the drug.
Amur leopards are the most endangered cat on the planet, but this shot is seen as 'the best ever taken' of the species by a photo trap.