Seasonal greetings from the east of Russia where there are no less than seven different Father Christmas figures to bring joy to children in winter. 

Policeman Alexander Kosolapov fighting for life after instinctive bravery. 

All public events cancelled, extra protection for children as they go to kindergarten and school.

The Russian president spoke after flying over devastated settlements, and fields were crops have been destroyed.

Moscow has opened a preliminary probe into the case of ten year old Yegor Shatabalov's adoption by American citizen Marcia Ann Brandt in 2007.

Think Thailand, and probably schools are not the first thing to come into your head.

Latest addition to English peasant farmer Michael Ware's family enjoys her first Russian winter.

Kids learn how to tell apart a dog and wolf footprint, to make a LED torch, how a hydraulic unit works, and who a bear wakes first.

Vladimir Putin orders a crackdown on counterfeit alcohol to stop people 'dying like flies', with toll at 71, and likely to rise higher.