Thousands of volunteers had joined search for three year old girl in Tomsk.
Calls for action against homeless dogs provokes backlash from animal rights campaigners.
There's no better place to grow than in the towns like my historic Tara, founded in 1594, without traffic jams and supermarkets, but with winter fun and fresh air.
Anastasia Strashevskaya, 18, from Novosibirsk vows to keep studying as she qualifies for casting for the Miss Russia pageant.
Faced with loans and unpaid alimony for daughter, Vyacheslav took flight and now blogs about his escape from financial problems.
Siberian dance group earn legions of new fans and will be known worldwide despite being unable to triumph in TV show.
'We're Russian Koreans,' comes the reply.
Lyubov Morekhodova glides over the pure ice on skates made by her father not long after World War Two.
The president's visit to Novosibirsk honours one of the Soviet Union's great heroes but also set the course for future Russian military aviation.