Skin and skull of rare animal was hidden in the suspect's car.

FSB smash smuggling ring with goods intended for China as traditional medicines and food delicacies.

Alexei Gorulenko confessed to keeping himself alive by eating human flesh, but denied killing Olga Kurochkina's husband.

Cache of White Army weapons used in Russian Civil War seized by police who destroyed 'dangerous' grenades and ammunition.

A man from Kudymkar in Perm region axed his wife to death while believing that she was a vampire, according to police. 

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

The loved-ones of the nine crew of a freighter loaded with gold ore are refusing to give up the slender hope that they will be found alive.

Beauty parlour owner Yulia Kiseleva, 27, was drunk as she drove her Mercedes-Benz into Toyota Highlander at 160 kph.

At this rate, the species could be extinct in 6 years, according to latest shocking figures - but are the predators really in such jeopardy?