Putin fires top official in Russian Far East, and calls for Investigative Committee to check how authorities performing.

A methane explosion at  Mine No. 7 in the Prokopyevsky district of Kemerovo region led to the deaths of four miners.

Unearthed on the edge of the Arctic, she is the only woman so far found in an otherwise all-male necropolis, buried in a cocoon of copper and fur.

Aisen Nikolaev is drenched by Khaarchaana - the Yakutian Snow Maiden - in minus 10C temperature.

Born in the Siberian taiga, recluse Agafya Lykova is the sole survivor of the Lykov family who cut themselves off from civilisation in 1936.

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

Population told there is a 'need' to get back into the garden or field and pull together to overcome economic crisis.