The Russian president escapes on away-from-it-all break miles from anywhere.

Alexey Paramonov, 36, stayed with the whales until tide returned, keeping them safe and hydrated.

Driver spots big cat at side of busy road, alerts police, and young male is tranquillised.

Siberian ancestors hunted the squat short-legged horse, even though this type of animal was believed to have been wiped out 400,000 years ago.

Spectacular ice show attracts mesmerised crowds of onlookers in Surgut as world’s 7th longest river defies spring.

No bikini ban here as Russian contests reject the cover-up in the rest of the world. 

But who were the mysterious Paleolithic artists of these rock drawings?

Not only did they pull the hefty 600-kilogram pregnant cow out of an ice hole, but they massaged her frozen limbs back to life.