Yet nickel capital Norilsk - the city with the highest industrial emissions - does not feature in the top ten.

No economy class tickets to and from Moscow available 'for three weeks': travel by train takes a week.

Police launch investigation as woman guard injured and brother-in-law dead but no-one knows who fired the first shots in jail stand-off.

Young boy was laid to rest all alone with two iron knives, his feet trampling on reindeer bones, wearing elaborate headdress decorated with iron rings.

Senior government official issues warning over possible curb which could hit major air carriers.

Cabin attendant Irina Olaru, 22, planned to wed when she was cruelly killed on doomed in Sinai.

Residents of a Urals town noticed the dog standing completely still on a frozen pond for 36 hours.

Expedition from Urals Federal University finds 300 samples of suspected space debris, clues to the history of the universe.