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.
Here we go back in time and remember 13 remarkable moments of 2013.
He forced them to take part in orgies, occultism, and drug-trafficking, a court in Novosibirsk heard.
Court rules there is no case to answer for 73-year-old who helped cancer sufferer.
Half of mice suffering from highly malignant and 'incurable' Krebs-2 tumour are 'completely cured'.
Forensic tests underway in America as mother appeals for Russian witnesses, alleging 'foul play' and police 'cover-up’.
Tycoon Viktor Kharitonin becomes major world player with 4 billion ruble deal to rescue German Grand Prix circuit
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.