Hearse impounded in Russian Far East contained $160,000 worth of the prized delicacy.

Oksana Kizhnerova 'shot at female passenger in car blocking her from overtaking'.

New 'bear security rules' follow mailings of humans from hungry animal in remote towns and villages.

World's coldest region defies its stereotype. 

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

From the Urals to Pacific people this week joined the rest of Russia in marking the massacre in which 334 were killed. 

Contradictory reports on cause of death as Colin Madsen's remains found in snow in mountainous region of Republic of Buryatia.

Otto Lagerfeld held in bleak camp in Verkhoyansk for four years of First World War, show contemporary documents.

Defying the doubters, the world's longest cable-stayed bridge opened to regular motorists on Wednesday across the Bosphorus East Strait.