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The 152-inmate prison will be in  Yeniseisk, 3218 kilometres east of Moscow, said a senior official.

An illegal fish processing plant was raided by police on Sakhalin Island, with 11 residents arrested.

A judge in the Russian Far East slept during a case in his court before locking up a man for five years in jail, it is claimed.

Topol intercontinental missile and mobile launcher found in jail yard.

At least two close encounters with ‘smiley’ and playful animals were filmed in the Far East of Russia.

Valentin Danilov was released from jail on Saturday after serving eight years of a controversial 13 year jail sentence for selling state secrets to China.

A Krasnoyarsk man faces up to four years jail for allegedly blocking President Vladimir Putin's website for one hour.

Facilities, including a library and even a pasta and meat shop, ensure jail in Krasnoyarsk tops the list as the best place to be on remand.

A group of Russian billionaires spent over 3 million euro at French auction to buy historic papers of the man who tried - and failed - to halt Bolsheviks.