Birds that Vladimir Putin tried to save have 'almost disappeared' due to illegal shooting.

Police detained two men in Trans-Baikal region on suspicion of selling  the counterfeit liquor.

She has lived in the wilderness for 71 years but famous Old Believer faces the cameras to deliver world a message for first time.

Dashcam video released by police shows how family took wrong turn and car plunged into Lake Baikal.

This famous ballet troupe toured the UK, becoming unique cultural ambassadors and putting their native Krasnoyarsk on the map in the West.

Terrorised by dogs, beaten with sticks by children, and scared by people taking selfies, the cub died.

Most fires will not be extinguished, with major cities polluted by fumes.

Police find gunman who shot the female big cat.

Your guide is the Chairman of the Tuva Republic's government, Sholban Kara-Ool.

A preliminary criminal probe has been opened in Moscow amid allegations that the boy Yegor Shatabalov- now aged ten- was adopted under false pretences.