The new-class accelerator will be made for the Russian Federal Nuclear Centre, chairman of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences said.

Police refuse to investigate online auction in which 18 year old described her condition as 'new - not used'.

Winter comes to summer including freak hailstorms, mega-flooding but also wild fires.

Winter show time as birds flock to unique ice-free Altai waters.

A man shot dead his entire family after his estranged 38 year old wife refused his bid to woo her back with flowers. 

Olga Kurochkina has spoken out after hearing confirmation that cannibalised human remains found in the taiga were those of her husband.

Il-76 plane crashed while battling wildfires; Minister vows 'We will never forget them.'

Grandfather Egor Tarasov's 'miraculous' survival story of 42 days alone in the tundra with polar and brown bears, and wolves.

Grieving mother tells how she eyeballed the family friend suspected of brutal sex attack and murder of helpless girl. 

Giant ramparts guarded Altai Mountains against attack from the north, says leading archeologist Professor Andrey Borodovsky.