Aged 71, she shuns civilisation and accepts a helicopter ride back to her home in remote Siberia, without a gun to protect her from bears.

But has he put his Big Foot in it? Professor Valentin Sapunov hits the headlines round the world with the claim. 

You want to breast feed as long as possible, but you also need to work to make ends meet. 

There are 30 beds in Altai Regional Clinical Children Hospital in Western Siberia, which are never empty.

Part of Vasyugan Mire - the largest bog in the world - is to become a natural reserve this year, say reports.

A new find of remains of a child aged 8 to 10 dating from around the 5th century AD suggests a sophisticated knowledge of surgical skills. 

Five patients and a doctor were held hostage at gunpoint by a 51 year old man who forced his way into a Bratsk hospital armed with a sawn-off hunting rifle.

The successful operations shows value of great first aid after a mishap plus the skill of medics.