Meanwhile, Emergencies' Minister vows better space monitoring of flooding as plans underway to stop a repeat of 2013 crisis.

Alyona Netunaeva, 10, was in coma for 9 days but frantic efforts by surgeons failed to save her.

Elephants and tigers entertain public in cities along staggering 16,000km (9,950 mile) route.

New details emerged on Thursday about the frozen corpses of two babies found in the storage freezer of a shop in Verkhnyaya Pyshma.

Excessive hot, dry weather behind spread of poisonous creature to Ulan-Ude.

Pet Druzhok was evacuated but swam back to stand on the doorstep of his waterlogged house, holding back the tide.

Women run in bridal outfits to encourage people to adopt neglected animals.

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

How horseracing and equestrian culture is developing in the Sakha Republic.

Russia’s coldest region struggles to tame fires intensified by lengthy heatwave in extreme north.