The Russian president used a visit to Siberia to vow a 5 trillion rouble allocation to re-equip the Russian Air Force.

Epicentre of quake measuring up to 6 on Richter Scale was under Lake Baikal - but local pets knew it was coming.

The 34 year old Siberian sex shop owner offered two blow up dolls in lieu of payment - and they were accepted by bailiffs.

At least eight black bears killed in terrorised Luchegorsk as starving wild animals roam streets and go on the attack. 

Svetlana Shupenko moved to the Altai Mountains to get away from it all - and photograph her beloved cats.

The navigator, who served in the Navy of Peter the Great, gave his name to the Bering Strait, the Bering Sea, Bering Island, Bering Glacier and Bering Bridge.

This is the clearest evidence that our ancestors speared and killed the extinct giant.

Gas bubbles from waters filling crater hole on Yamal peninsula two months after volcanic-style explosion in thawing permafrost.