World's coldest region defies its stereotype.
'Second Spring' arrives with rhododendron blossoming for rare encore in October.
It was described as a 'v-e-rrry hot day' in fashionable snow resort Sheregesh as 700 women and men (in swim suits) smashed the world record.
Attraction in Altai region never fails to put on its annual show for tourists.
Omsk region emergency services said number of wildfires is seven to ten times above the ‘norm’.
Thousands of hectares of land ablaze with no signs of a let-up.
People evacuated after thunderstorms-with-no-rain ignite foliage and forests.
Vineyards will flourish as winters become almost 10C milder heralding a large population influx, says new scientific prediction.