Residents complain of 'severe carbon monoxide poisoning' as satellite images show blanket of smoke across eastern Siberia.
Oilmen forced to stop work after being trapped in 'horseshoe' of burning taiga, as pall of smoke smothers Irkutsk region where state of emergency imposed.
2,500 adults, 623 children so far vaccinated in the Republic of Tuva to prevent flea-spreading of the decease.
Seasonal greetings from the east of Russia where there are no less than seven different Father Christmas figures to bring joy to children in winter.
Charred corpses removed from wreckage in Kemerovo with evidence that victims were trapped inside by locked fire doors.
Here we go back in time and remember 13 remarkable moments of 2013.
US Paralympic star on emotional journey back to her roots to meet the parents who gave her up for adoption.
But then Siberia also has no less than SEVEN real Santa figures, and you can meet them all here.