This week, a second DNA test found she too was swapped as a newborn baby - 22 years earlier - in exactly the same maternity hospital.

Deep in Siberia, psychology experts claim they have made an astonishing breakthrough in curing drink and drug addicts.

Remains from the Zhokhov island in the East Siberian Arctic show trained sled dogs existed almost 10,000 years ago.

Olga Kurochkina has spoken out after hearing confirmation that cannibalised human remains found in the taiga were those of her husband.

'Genius' teenager from the Urals helps Russian figure skating team to first gold medal.

When Darina was born 3 years ago without lips and a chin, her mother lost consciousness from shock, and soon her family disowned the child.

Schoolgirls found the kittens on waste land in Novosibirsk, and built a shelter.

Mysterious 'gigantic' hole in remote region spotted by helicopters over gas-rich Yamal peninsula.