Alexei Gorulenko confessed to keeping himself alive by eating human flesh, but denied killing Olga Kurochkina's husband.
Children from Yakutsk - the coldest city in the world - will start next year's flame relay for the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
Amateur photographer who takes samurai sword for protection in lonely taiga captures the stunning majesty spreading its colours in the sky.
Fast track evolution as great Siberian symbol is surprisingly unmasked as an immigrant breed.
New computer model of Ipatiev House lets you wander around the residence where the Romanov dynasty was obliterated.
Gazprom, Transneft, RusHydro, Alrosa and Rosneft all on a list for shift from Moscow to boost the Far East economy.
Leading jeweller Alexey Baburov honoured by Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg.