Russian number one admits pride when announcers say she hails from the remote oil town of Nyagan.
Enough joking. New NASA-Russian research is leading to concern that global warming is causing truly disturbing changes to the virgin forests of northern Russia.
Back in Soviet times, Akademgorodok was known as one of the best places to live, a home to some of the USSR's greatest scientists.
Fashion comes full circle as boots with 1,500 years of history become a cat walk sensation.
Challenge to polar doom warning from respected international expert Professor Peter Wadhams of Cambridge University.
New study predicts potential crises for herds after examining 81,000 animal losses after Yamal was carpeted with winter-long impenetrable ice.