Living bacteria found in permafrost - '3.5 million years old' - is 'scientific sensation' which allows 'mice grannies' to reproduce.

Desperate plea by teen whose American mother sent her aged 15...to Siberia.

Neglected by her parents as well as a 'stepfather from hell': Will no-one help this teenager stranded 6,000 miles from home?

Tigre de Cristal under fire for 'abusing' rare big cat to promote gambling revolution.

Dmitry Loshagin held for year and a half after remains of naked wife Yulia, 28, found in woods.

Russian officials claimed little orphan Maxim Kuzmin suffered an appalling death after being adopted to the US. 

Her US mom still refuses to take back the daughter who 'loves her', and who she abandoned in Russia 32 months ago.

Law enforcement officers sought to 'force confessions from students' in case of US citizen Colin Madsen, found dead in Buryatia.

Preserved by ice, the 25 year old ancient woman covered in tattoos used cannabis to cope with her ravaging illness.