Yakutian huntsmen said the new draft law threatens traditional dog breeding.
'Influential businessman' Evgeniy Romanov, 52, avoids jail, despite a host of other 'trophies'.
Hunting inspector Vladimir Malkov rescued the wild animal as a baby after its mother perished in wildfires.
The first 100 wolves have been killed in the Sakha Republic as the authorities step-up their campaign to protect people and reindeer herds.
Now male hunter claims he killed the bears in 'life or death' act to save her.
A man has been jailed for gunning down a protected Siberian tiger in the Far Eastern Russian region of Primoye.
Five patients and a doctor were held hostage at gunpoint by a 51 year old man who forced his way into a Bratsk hospital armed with a sawn-off hunting rifle.
Remains from the Zhokhov island in the East Siberian Arctic show trained sled dogs existed almost 10,000 years ago.
Birds that Vladimir Putin tried to save have 'almost disappeared' due to illegal shooting.
Respected wildlife expert gunned down in Omsk region tragedy.