Faced with loans and unpaid alimony for daughter, Vyacheslav took flight and now blogs about his escape from financial problems.

New details emerge about 1928 odyssey that changed a dictator.

Police detained two men in Trans-Baikal region on suspicion of selling  the counterfeit liquor.

Tsarist inmates and Gulag victims were notoriously transported like cattle in packed carriages. Now it's different, as our pictures show.

Here we go back in time and remember 13 remarkable moments of 2013.

New twist in case of lost anglers 'who ate human flesh to survive'.

He walked 200 kilometres on forest tracks to see his child - but now faces an extra 4 years in prison as punishment.

Former major who previously claimed dog food was fed to soldiers given jail sentence for beating up handcuffed soldier who had deserted ranks.

'Influential businessman' Evgeniy Romanov, 52, avoids jail, despite a host of other 'trophies'.

Anton Zhivotov killed one man with fake Jack Daniels but then confessed to police, and crowded funded money to help other victims.