More than three-quarters of the population in some areas found to be overweight and now Jamie Oliver says it's time to act.
Anastasia Strashevskaya, 18, from Novosibirsk vows to keep studying as she qualifies for casting for the Miss Russia pageant.
On 31 March, the remarkable Modelling School for People with Special Needs in Tomsk will hold its third casting session.
As western Europe chills in unusually harsh weather, which it blames on Russia (of course!), here’s how we cope with the deep freeze.
The American fast food chain is on the way into the largest (populated) Big Mac-free territory on the globe: but do the locals want it?
Drifts have reached one metre in height with schools closed, cars abandoned and even a military tank pulling out stranded drivers.
Analysts say opening of LNG facility in Queensland with exports to China could affect Yamal as Pacific countries look to take on Russia in Asia.
The Kremlin's 'Mr Siberia' Viktor Tolokonsky tells 'Sphere of Influence' business magazine what our vast region means to him.
Traffic officer seriously injured after bravely placing own patrol car in front of buses carrying 93 youngsters to prevent head-on smash.
From the Urals to Pacific people this week joined the rest of Russia in marking the massacre in which 334 were killed.