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The authorities in Bratsk have received more than 60 calls from residents complaining of bears on the streets and close to houses.

Bears are increasingly coming out of the forest in search of food, say wildlife experts.

At least eight black bears killed in terrorised Luchegorsk as starving wild animals roam streets and go on the attack. 

Our map shows the attacks by bears on humans across a swathe of Siberia and the Russian Far East.

Investigation underway into why 'peaceful' bear was shot by police on Sakhalin island, and whether its gallbladder was extracted for black market sale.

They think wearing their jeans so tight that it pushes their manbits up into the stomachs looks cool, hard and/or fashionable.

I am now, for the first time in my life, living in a sanctioned country.

Yury Obraztsov, 54, was beaten, whipped and fed on animal food for 3 years after going missing in 2014.

He emphasised the importance of the economically buoyant Asian-Pacific region as critical to the development of Russia as Western markets stall.