'Six die' as bridges swept away and 7,600 evacuated after heavy rains.
Sergei Shoigu says 'utter nonsense' that army is 'total wreck'.
Russian technology is capable of delivering aircraft to land on water and ice and bringing vital links to Siberian communities, Shoigu says.
A medical rescue flight to Thailand by the Emergencies Ministry brought home four Russian men to the Siberian city of Tyumen on Sunday.
Abnormally hot May weather resembles midsummer with air temperatures as high as +35C.
At least 76 were injured in the serious rail incident on a train from Novosibirsk to Adler.
Mystery over circumstances of crash when chopper was on 'unsactioned' flight.
Police detained two men in Trans-Baikal region on suspicion of selling the counterfeit liquor.
Residents complain of 'severe carbon monoxide poisoning' as satellite images show blanket of smoke across eastern Siberia.
Police warn that the foreign visitors are 'risking their lives' on world's deepest lake.