Mercy mission brings stores for Agafya Lykova to help her survive the winter in her remote retreat.

Overhead high voltage cables at touching level for children, foals are slaughtered because mares too weak to feed them. 

Monuments to the Bolshevik leader are the key to a new competitive sport called Lenining. 

Fashion comes full circle as boots with 1,500 years of history become a cat walk sensation.

Law enforcement officers sought to 'force confessions from students' in case of US citizen Colin Madsen, found dead in Buryatia.

Remains of extinct 'Steppe Mammoth' could bring new leap in understanding of 200,000 year old creatures.

The Arctic was at the centre of world's attention in recent years, with the Nordic countries now on a steady, but a serious race for dominance in the region.

WWF starts project to breed Amur leopards and released them in the wild.