Dilemma over how to help the two-year-old ‘orphan’, still not old enough to tend for itself.

Deeply religious parents were 'not convinced' about merits of seeking medical help until it was almost too late.

Temperatures as low as minus 41C did not deter Russians immersing themselves as medics stood ready to offer help.

Tomsk mountaineers had radioed for help but rescuers failed to reach them in time.

‘I saw 12 ships passing by all on auto pilot, I lost my voice screaming for help’, he said.

Plus-size Irina Cheremnykh seeks to smash stereotypes with XXL beauty contest victory.

Born in the Siberian taiga, recluse Agafya Lykova is the sole survivor of the Lykov family who cut themselves off from civilisation in 1936.

A disease that afflicts one in two million transforms soft tissues into bones.

Running for its life after its mother was killed, two-month-old bear is rescued after stumbling into officers.

Russian girl Anna, 13, and boy Timofei, 5, rescued from torment by diplomats in Kyrgyzstan after mother's 'murder’.