Remote herders from 45 families get new animals to rebuild herds decimated by 'zombie' anthrax infection.

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

This evocative melody is literally the sound of Nature as a group of Russian percussionists make music on the frozen waters of breathtaking Lake Baikal.

Russian army in battle to erect dikes to hold back the swirling Amur River as evacuations begin in low-lying areas.

Modest villager Yakov Novichenko who changed history is honoured by Pyongyang on the 100th anniversary of his birth.

Drone detects that the bird famed for bringing babies....is doing exactly this.

She pauses for a last look, and then without a backward glance swims across the world's fifth longest river.