New statistics on Saturday showed the vast scale of the human effort in Russia to halt a natural disaster that has destroyed swathes of woodland and taiga.

Today classes are closed, not because temperatures are plunging to minus 44C, but due to the ferocious icy winds.

Residents complain of 'severe carbon monoxide poisoning' as satellite images show blanket of smoke across eastern Siberia.

A two-tailed comet should be visible with the naked eye on Friday and following nights in Novosibirsk, say astronomers.

City is buried under white blanket after 'freak weather' in Russian Far East.

Recent days have seen Siberia's nickel capital hotter than Nice and on a par with Naples.

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

Renowned scientist says temperatures could 'rise twice faster' in Yakutia than the rest of the world.