Panning to be legalised in former GULAG region in bid to crackdown on black market.
Locals do not believe official claims that the precious metals have been found - and they’re aiming to get rich.
This year sees the 400th anniversary of the House of Romanov, the Russian royal family thrown on the scrapheap of history in 1917.
This witness to the Siberian gold rush might be the only one left in the world.
Rising numbers of catwalk models and cover stars come from ‘world’s emerging beauty capital’.
Spectacular falling meteorite fragments struck the Chelyabinsk region on Friday morning exploding in the atmosphere and crashing to the ground.
Organisers will soon take entries for the 2012 race - officially known as the 'Crawlers' Competition'.
The ancient mummy of a mysterious young woman, known as the Ukok Princess, is finally returning home to the Altai Republic this month.
It is as great a nightmare as any parent can face: you love the daughter you have raised, but you suddenly discover she is not yours.