Sardana Avksentyeva swept to power as mayor of Russia’s diamond capital in September.

His career with the St Louis Blues was earlier delayed because of the NHL lockout but the impact of the 21 year old has been dramatic.

Mother-of-two buried alive in forest prepares to be transferred to another hospital for treatment to start.

Enough joking. New NASA-Russian research is leading to concern that global warming is causing truly disturbing changes to the virgin forests of northern Russia.

Journey 'in search of my father', as joint Russian-American expedition sets out to bring home crashed wartime Douglas C-47 from tundra.

After 1,907 kilometre odyssey, crossbreed is back home to his day job keeping polar bears at bay in remote weather station. 

The 19th century vessel - formerly the Royal Navy's HMS Pandora - sank as Americans raced to be first to North Pole.

Shocking pictures reveal colour of Daldykan River with locals claiming the waste from a nickel plant is to blame.

Russia’s coldest region struggles to tame fires intensified by lengthy heatwave in extreme north.