They dived into rivers and lakes to celebrate the Orthodox Christian holiday of Epiphany.
Meanwhile, Emergencies' Minister vows better space monitoring of flooding as plans underway to stop a repeat of 2013 crisis.
Suspect faces extradition over allleged link to gang killings.
Finds dating back 50,000 years could be missing link in understanding man's origins.
Woman pushing baby in pram has narrow escape as ground disappears below her.
Andrey Zvyagintsev's movie success set to be honoured in his home town as officials say they are 'happy' to consider special award.
Ecology groups warn that the extent of fires in forests and taiga has been misreported by up to 159 times compared with satellite evidence of the grim facts.
The Kremlin's 'Mr Siberia' Viktor Tolokonsky tells 'Sphere of Influence' business magazine what our vast region means to him.
The mayor of Vladivostok is fed up with Moscow being asleep when he needs key decisions to be made.