Four children among those hit by the infection which has spread from a beast slaughtered this year.

Events highlight the scourge of terrorism and the unity of Russians in the face of the cruel attack on children and parents.

Boys, aged 5 and 8, were playing on the raft by the shore when it broke free carrying them downstream in strong current

Among the dead were 186 children, killed in a 3-day terrorist outrage that we must never, ever forget.

Amur tigress orphaned in 2012 and released after rehabilitation a year later pictured with her cubs in Bastak Nature Reserve.

Among those hurt are eight children, say the emergency services.

Police detained two men in Trans-Baikal region on suspicion of selling  the counterfeit liquor.

This sum will pay for life-saving surgery for this brave little girl from Altai region of Siberia. 

Viktoria Adaeva went out to play on an ice slide before climbing onto a nearby 'turtle' also sculpted of ice.