'Siberia is so far away that it feels as if it's not quite real? It's time to change the way the world thinks about our land', says Taisia Kaigorodova.
Intriguing new research of burial sites close to Lake Baikal has re-written our understanding of the human relationship with dogs.
Vasily Yurchenko, 53, ousted after dossier of complaints sent to the president.
Old tsarist Road of Exiles has disturbing number of accidents.
At least 6 are believed to have the virulent intestinal form of the disease from which one boy has already died.
From 'fireworks' made from nothing more than hot water in minus 50C, to surfing in the Pacific, this is the New Year on our doorstep.
FSB federal security agents part of search team as government cracks down on corruption and abuse of power within senior ranks.
Abnormally hot May weather resembles midsummer with air temperatures as high as +35C.
People begin to mop up their waterlogged homes: but what about the 'abandoned' dogs and cats?