Endangered Amur tigers are protected under President Vladimir Putin's special project.

Alleged to have embezzled four million roubles, video of arrest shows him driving diamond-encrusted Mercedes.

Russia’s worst-ever serial killer convicted today for raping and murdering 56 more women. 

Teachers saved 105 children by leading them out of an exit at the back of the school as a gunman shot at a gym where the youngsters were playing.

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

Baby boy aged six months, the sole survivor of massacre, fights for his life.

One month after criminal proceedings launched into 'blasphemous' Tannhauser, officials rule production did not break any laws.

Police uncover evidence of blackmail and physical threats as mechanic turns killer following final row over Porsche car.

Alexander Smelov, 55, killed in his office in Yakutsk.

Nuclear scientist alleged to have stolen small aircraft, but he insists he had paid for it and is the victim of an elaborate fraud.