As Western children salute Santa's Rudolph, here in the Sakha Republic the antlered animals are in peril from ravenous predators.

Grieving mother tells how she eyeballed the family friend suspected of brutal sex attack and murder of helpless girl. 

Our map shows the attacks by bears on humans across a swathe of Siberia and the Russian Far East.

Neglected by her parents as well as a 'stepfather from hell': Will no-one help this teenager stranded 6,000 miles from home?

Yulia and Dugarma were raised by the wrong mothers, and now face the shocking truth, vowing to see the ‘joy and happiness’.

Cabin attendant Irina Olaru, 22, planned to wed when she was cruelly killed on doomed in Sinai.

Spectacular falling meteorite fragments struck the Chelyabinsk region on Friday morning exploding in the atmosphere and crashing to the ground.

Chilling confession of Russia's worst-ever maniac as he is formally charged with 60 new murders.

A desperate rescue mission saved four people - but up to 24 are feared dead in the air tragedy in the Sakha Republic. 

Russian number one admits pride when announcers say she hails from the remote oil town of Nyagan.