Marooned men went for up to 3 weeks without food on island in Laptev Sea in temperatures of minus 15C.

Puppies are 'designer' animals bred by South Korean cloning laboratory, but they flunked test in 13 simple skills for Russian police dogs.

Worrying videos and pictures show how the pristine polar region of northern Yakutia is ablaze.

We join photographer Kisoon Choi on a journey of discovery across Yakutia and the Far East and celebrate the unique landscapes, cities and peoples.

Monuments to the Bolshevik leader are the key to a new competitive sport called Lenining. 

For several minutes she is suspended from a Novokuznetsk bridge before falling 15 metres (49 feet) and taking the plunge.

Roman Afanasyev, 31, who also held child out of car window driving at speed, sentenced to 300 hours community work as punishment.

These extraordinary pictures give graphic new evidence of climate change.