'All forest wildfires extinguished' in Siberian Federal District, say officials, but peat flames still raging.
Moscow has opened a preliminary probe into the case of ten year old Yegor Shatabalov's adoption by American citizen Marcia Ann Brandt in 2007.
Residents warned to stay away from the animals, with two men already having been savagely attacked... but there is happy news for two little cubs.
Husband watches as wife is carried away by fast moving mud river after major flooding.
Or is it too expensive to put the environment before the need for energy?
In 2012, the residents of Tumul all stopped drinking vodka and other intoxicating drinks as the village went dry...
He ekes out a living in the remote village of Dubinka, population 15.
As he turned 94 this month, a museum opened in his home village of Kurya, Altai.
She has lived in the wilderness for 71 years but famous Old Believer faces the cameras to deliver world a message for first time.
Agafya Lykova, 71, airlifted to hospital after suffering 'acute pains' in intense cold at her forest home more than 100 km from nearest town.