Relatives of the sailors lost almost six weeks ago on a gold-ore carrying freighter are begging the authorities to keep hunting for the crew.

Popular with the aristocracy and the royals in the 18th and 19th centuries, the lavish festivity will be held for tourists.

Women run in bridal outfits to encourage people to adopt neglected animals.

Beauty parlour owner Yulia Kiseleva, 27, was drunk as she drove her Mercedes-Benz into Toyota Highlander at 160 kph.

Instagrammers still find a way - driving over fields of grass, wild cannabis and nettles to reach turquoise waters despite ‘dangers to health’.

Up to six more people are feared to be buried beneath the deep snow in temperatures of -25C outside Norilsk.

How horseracing and equestrian culture is developing in the Sakha Republic.

Women want to serve their country, says deputy defence minister Nikolai Pankov.

Retired paratrooper aged 102 keeps secret how he cast his ballot in Tyumen.