The two fled on foot in minus 35C rather than stay with the men in remote hut in the taiga in Sakha Republic.

Angry big cat rushed at Lyubov Yakovleva, 53, tearing flesh from her arm with its teeth.

Tributes to the dead and prayers for the 34 injured including 27 students, acrobats with a Nefteyugansk sports club.

Clerk visited a farm to check equipment covered by a bank loan but stag pouced and killed him on the spot.

Beauty parlour owner Yulia Kiseleva, 27, was drunk as she drove her Mercedes-Benz into Toyota Highlander at 160 kph.

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

Russian photographer writes about a volcanic eruption at Tolbachik, seen by the Soviets as the most lunar place on the planet.