As police say lama found in lotus positon was destined for sale on black market, there are claims it was one step away from becoming a Buddha.

Foreigners should be invited to pay $10,000 per animal in novel way to fund cull needed to save reindeer and horses.

International bookmaker Paddy Power is offering odds of 100/1 that the Siberian Yeti will be found by the end of 2012. 

Now the Far East of Russia linked to beaches and cities in the sun with direct routes from Vladivostok on low-cost airline Vietjet.

Stanley cup winner Valery Kamensky and other stars make history on frozen Lake Baikal.

Dream holiday ruined by attack on remote road, but perpetrators caught.

So what caused this abearation spotted by tourists in Kamchatka?

Proposals have been made for high speed trains to run on two routes between Omsk and Novosibirsk, and Novosibirsk and Krasnoyarsk.

Plans for modern Nature Theme Park and Acqua-park on site of old pulp and paper mill that spewed pollution into lake.

He ekes out a living in the remote village of Dubinka, population 15.