Pet saves helpless child's life acting as surrogate parent in temperatures averaging minus 12C.

Spectacular scenes as tornadoes buzz the outskirts of Surgut city and Krasnoyarsk region.

Young boys scream in pain and terror as they are shown being struck repeatedly with a belt by a vicious female 'carer'.

Calls for action against homeless dogs provokes backlash from animal rights campaigners.

Family of predators terrorise summer camp in heart of Russia’s coldest region - with 83 year old hunter standing guard.

Flipped houses appear in Omsk and Novosibirsk, as an attraction to locals and tourists.

Anastasia Strashevskaya, 18, from Novosibirsk vows to keep studying as she qualifies for casting for the Miss Russia pageant.

Zhirinovsky renews old idea about using east of Russia as a place of punishment.

Seasonal greetings to all parts of the world marking Christmas Day on 25 December, even though we have to wait a little longer!