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An investigation is underway in Tyva region over thousands of people being left without heating in temperatures of minus 40C.

An investigation is underway into the demise of Adam the ostrich, the star of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Zoo for the last seven years.

Some 39 convicts wounded their own arms and shoulders in the mutiny at Prison number 3 in Irkutsk.

The Kremlin's 'Mr Siberia' Viktor Tolokonsky tells 'Sphere of Influence' business magazine what our vast region means to him.

Average temperatures in the north of the Kara and Barents seas were 4C to 5C higher than previous years.

Pipeline will go through pristine Altai Mountains in supply route seen as economically vital by Kremlin.

Wind brought down power lines but one week later some locals are freezing as thermometers plunge to minus 20C.

Despite warnings of severe temperatures, hundreds of thousands of Russians take ice dips in an annual ritual marking Christ’s baptism in the River Jordan.

Or is it too expensive to put the environment before the need for energy?