Sparkling discovery of precious gems in solidified lava of Tolbachik flare-up.

Defences were breached in Komsomolsk-on-Amur engulfing several villages, as forced evacuation rise.

Vice Premier says 'majority' of work on the replacement to Soyuz for future of Space travel likely to be in city of Omsk.

Forlorn polar bear named Umka turned up at a Russian police station as if pleading for help: now he is back where he belongs.

Eye-catching numbers have emerged on the expected trade boom from the Arctic route to Europe for Chinese business. 

The navigator, who served in the Navy of Peter the Great, gave his name to the Bering Strait, the Bering Sea, Bering Island, Bering Glacier and Bering Bridge.

One region alone - Yakutia - has 5 million tons scrap metal dumped in polar regions, an ugly Soviet legacy.

Fear that thawing permafrost caused damage to storage tank.

As much as two billion tonnes can be extracted from open-cast site over the next 167 years with hopes it can transform rural region.