Gas bubbles from waters filling crater hole on Yamal peninsula two months after volcanic-style explosion in thawing permafrost.

Wind brought down power lines but one week later some locals are freezing as thermometers plunge to minus 20C.

Videos capture trend of youngsters racing in front of traffic, often with tragic consequences.

Latest survivors give harrowing accounts of how they feared they would drown in underground tidal wave.

Permafrost remains of long-gone woolly rhinos, mammoths and cave lions bring intriguing scientific breakthrough.

Businessman has spoken candidly over the controversial events of the 1990s, admitting he paid protection money to criminal gangs. 

Grieving mother tells how she eyeballed the family friend suspected of brutal sex attack and murder of helpless girl. 

Projects in Khabarovsk and Novosibirsk highlight victims refusing to hide away or be cowed by cancer, challenging prejudice against sufferers.