Husband watches as wife is carried away by fast moving mud river after major flooding.
Organisers will soon take entries for the 2012 race - officially known as the 'Crawlers' Competition'.
Baywatch star on trip to Russian Far East visits lion saved from flooded zoo in Ussuriysk.
Former Ukraine president's son Viktor reportedly drowned when his vehicle plunged through the ice.
Photographer Igor Gavar from Omsk sets out to challenge traditional stereotypes of Russian babushkas.
'If we die, I love you,' says one bather struck by bullet-like giant hail stones.
Desert-like landscapes replaced full-flowing water deep enough for heavy cargo ships.
Is global warming the real cause of the raging wildfires sweeping this Siberian republic?