Kara-ool Dopchun-ool - the highest shaman in the Tuva Republic, and also Turkey - explains his role in his own words.
More than century of waiting ended on Saturday as just married couples were the first to walk on the new cable-stayed Golden Horn Bay Bridge.
With thick coat to keep it warm, the little Yakut horse loves nothing better than running about the frozen fields.
Meet Syoma, the fearless, who plays cat and mouse....with a fox.
FSB say Konstantin Zhuravlyov, 35, is now back with his family in Tomsk after being held as a 'spy' by Syrian opposition.
Reclusive state bordering Russian Far East claims to have 'joined the ranks of advanced nuclear states'.
The number of Amur leopards in the wild in the Far East of Russia has dramatically increased, say wildlife experts.