One of only 500 of the largest cats in the world left in the Siberian wild is gunned down in Kharbarovsk region.
Hope for future of the rare species as census says there could be as many as 540 of them now living in the Far East.
Russian Investigative Committee warns dozens of Russians are killed by bootleg gangs.
Government announces $1.8 bln package, while volunteers from all over the wolrd collect more than 450 tonnes of trash from the shoreline of the unique lake.