Krasnoyarsk captivated by dog's 23 day journey, but is it evidence man's best friend has a sixth sense or built-in compass?
While in another incident bystanders shoot a cell phone film of a man drowning, not thinking to call the emergency services.
The remarkable annual Beringia dog sled race will go through some of the planet's remotest and most challenging territory in Kamchatka.
Before Yuri Gagarin conquered space for humans, some 29 flights took place with dogs, the unsung heroes of man's arrival in the cosmos.
Residents of a Urals town noticed the dog standing completely still on a frozen pond for 36 hours.
Popular with the aristocracy and the royals in the 18th and 19th centuries, the lavish festivity will be held for tourists.
A macabre find has been made of 30 bags containing the remains of 'dogs' with all their skin and hair removed.
Crown Prince's spaniel saw the Romanov family gunned to death before his epic escape.