Real 'no kidding' story emerges on removal of odd couple Amur and Timur.

40-week pregnant wife went on fishing trip with husband, but suddenly went into labour.

One convict Mikhail calls it 'brilliant relaxation' and warders say yoga leads to better behaviour among inmates.

Macabre remains of six slaughtered polar bears, 'beheaded with their skins removed', now under criminal investigation.

Last survivor of prominent base for assault and reconnaissance planes deserted since collapse of the Soviet Union.

Sea creatures in ‘Whale Jail’ are ‘trapped’ under ice amid growing concern over their fate.

First cargo train on the final link of Amur-Yakutsk line in historic expansion of Siberia's great railways.