Shock in city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky over deaths after two tried to rescue their friend from heating drain.

Drifts have reached one metre in height with schools closed, cars abandoned and even a military tank pulling out stranded drivers.

Practised in Yakutia for generations, there is only one way to learn the art of ice fishing as Yakutia school children have discovered.

Victor Markov graduated from a ballet school but shunned the limelight and headed home to his remote farm, where he can't stop dancing.

When the temperature dips to minus 30C in Tobolsk, kids are allowed a day off school.

With chanting, singing and traditional tribal moves, is this the coolest way to go into combat?

Call for severe punishment for parents who leave children to fend for themselves aged under seven.

Spectacular falling meteorite fragments struck the Chelyabinsk region on Friday morning exploding in the atmosphere and crashing to the ground.

The beaches here are thronged with sun-seekers, children paddle in the warm waters — even the babushki are relaxed.