Scientists close to precise dating of the Shigir Idol, twice as ancient as the Egyptian Pyramids.

Television journalist Elena Agamyan and husband Sergey were first night guests of brand new Marriott in Siberian 'capital' Novosibirsk.

Dima ate grass and drank from puddles to survive: he is too traumatised to speak and is covered with ticks and mosquito bites.

For several minutes she is suspended from a Novokuznetsk bridge before falling 15 metres (49 feet) and taking the plunge.

After her ordeal, Yulia Romanova, 34, cannot yet speak in intensive care: what dark secrets is she trying to tell? 

Alexander Chepurnov had already recovered once when he re-infected himself in an experiment.

This sum will pay for life-saving surgery for this brave little girl from Altai region of Siberia. 

The remarkable rescue and evacuation effort was needed because of a severe break-up in the ice sheet due to global warming.

A preliminary criminal probe has been opened in Moscow amid allegations that the boy Yegor Shatabalov- now aged ten- was adopted under false pretences.

Roman Vlasov protests over podium mistake after he won the Greco-Roman 75kg gold.