One region alone - Yakutia - has 5 million tons scrap metal dumped in polar regions, an ugly Soviet legacy.

Flights late on Thursday and on Friday suffered disruption due to smog caused by blazes in dry woodland made vulnerable by the current heat wave.

Permanent customs task force unveiled as Sabetta gears up to take Russian goods and gas over the top of the world.

Irina, 27, dashes to be by her babushka's side as 89 year old is reported in a coma.

Samples taken from cubs frozen in permafrost for at least 12,000 years.

'Sensational' find of two cubs, the best preserved ever seen in the world, announced today.

Young boy was laid to rest all alone with two iron knives, his feet trampling on reindeer bones, wearing elaborate headdress decorated with iron rings.

I am able to compare the two, and my conclusion is that there doesn’t seem to be any difference.

Russians grieving over damage to magical forests surrounding Siberia's jewel.