Residents of sub-Arctic Verkhoyansk district of Yakutia woke up in complete darkness.

Vapour trail casts ghostly spectre above Altai just minutes after rocket carrying satellite blasts off into space.

Group of tourists got stuck at 2,300m after helicopter blades froze.

Pilot error, technical malfunction and bad weather are all possible causes checked by investigators.

Many Pacific islands are famed for their palm trees, but Sakhalin is facing some of the heaviest January blizzards in living memory.

Russian president's flight to Salekhard delayed after airport closed by freezing rain.

Warnings to swimmers in Russia's Primorye region.

230 wildfires rage in Russia’s coldest republic of Yakutia, with state of emergency declared in Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk regions.

Summer 2020 follows unusually hot and dry spring in swinging between the extremes.