Dmitry Loshagin held for year and a half after remains of naked wife Yulia, 28, found in woods.

A shocking image of a tortured dog - killed after being tied to a rope and pulled by a car around a village - has appalled Siberians.

Yury Movshin 'driving at 130 kph on highway with 80 kph limit'.

Man kills his girlfriend in supposed murder-suicide pact because they could not bear to be apart then fails to take his own life.

'Werewolf' Mikhail Popkov confessed to reign of terror to 'cleanse' streets of prostitutes, yet relatives say he is innocent.

Acquittal of Dmitry Loshagin, 39, is reversed in sensational Yekaterinburg verdict.

Fur is a way of life in the cold climate, but in a hard-hitting and powerful film she likens the industry to mass wartime killing by fascists.

Bear and goats among drowned animals at two zoos after typhoon and heavy rain hits Russian Far East.

Tatiana Andreeva, 20, has been jailed for 7 years in a controversial case that is becoming a cause celebre on the web.

Oleg Peshkov was killed when the Turkish air force downed his Su-24 over Syria as he battled terrorists.