Damage from wave of floods already labelled 'catastrophic' with worse to come as Russian president Vladimir Putin demands: 'Put people first'.

Fur is a way of life in the cold climate, but in a hard-hitting and powerful film she likens the industry to mass wartime killing by fascists.

Communists want Soviet dictator immortalised forever in stone.

Move defies hunters who want to keep shooting the black bear.

Nature makes its own collection of snowballs on the Arctic shore of the Gulf of Ob.

World's coldest region defies its stereotype. 

Countless political prisoners perished here cut off from the world - but today Kolyma finally is getting connected. 

Warnings of worse rain for the rest of the week came on Wednesday as evacuation of 30 settlements was planned by the authorities.

Elders claim mummy's absence has caused natural disasters and send new petition to Kremlin after first snub from Putin.

Unique physiology of people in Altai mountain region means only they can perform the melodies that date back centuries.