Deaths - and attempts - may be linked to barbaric 'games' encouraging young people to take their own lives.

Emergencies minister Vladimir Puchkov vows: 'We will defend both the city and the factories'.

Neglected by her parents as well as a 'stepfather from hell': Will no-one help this teenager stranded 6,000 miles from home?

Police checking claims, with one suspect insisting she has been 'framed', and put under police guard after death threats.

The wife and child of Rostislav Bardokin suffered smoke inhalation after the family flat was doused with gasoline and set on fire.

Deep in Siberia, psychology experts claim they have made an astonishing breakthrough in curing drink and drug addicts.

Her US mom still refuses to take back the daughter who 'loves her', and who she abandoned in Russia 32 months ago.

Druzhok was rescued once but swam back to do his duty on the doorstep of the waterlogged house in Eastern Russia.

Hallucinations from new synthetic substance made man think his home was full of gas and he needed to save his son.