A group of Russian billionaires spent over 3 million euro at French auction to buy historic papers of the man who tried - and failed - to halt Bolsheviks.

Vladimir Putin surprises a female Siberian student with flowers on her 23rd birthday but also comes face to face with a woolly mammoth.

Reclusive state bordering Russian Far East claims to have 'joined the ranks of advanced nuclear states'.

This year sees the 400th anniversary of the House of Romanov, the Russian royal family thrown on the scrapheap of history in 1917.

Communist Party want cheeky feline to join ranks and become a ‘revolutionary’ to inspire others after exploits in upmarket duty free shop.

Royal discovery made after 99-year-old code is broken by Siberian mathematics genius.

At least eight black bears killed in terrorised Luchegorsk as starving wild animals roam streets and go on the attack. 

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