Sinister teenagers hide behind Guy Fawlkes masks as they carry out acts of violence against helpless cat.

Prosecutors and university investigating case after allegations against pair of 'ecologists'.

Sea creatures in ‘Whale Jail’ are ‘trapped’ under ice amid growing concern over their fate.

Video footage from Yakutia divides opinion: cruelty or necessary because predator was dangerous to people? Inquiry is underway.

A shocking image of a tortured dog - killed after being tied to a rope and pulled by a car around a village - has appalled Siberians.

Second female student held under house arrest in shocking Khabarovsk case: but is a disturbing sexual fetish behind the savagery?

Students and male 'accomplice' to face justice accused of torturing and killing dogs and cats, posting pictures online, and other crimes.

Cub was shot in the legs but there are fears the mother was also slain by poachers.

Russian officials claimed little orphan Maxim Kuzmin suffered an appalling death after being adopted to the US.