Damage from wave of floods already labelled 'catastrophic' with worse to come as Russian president Vladimir Putin demands: 'Put people first'.

'Shocking' pictures revealed online by campaign exposing the alleged failings. 

This vast region has some of the world's greatest rivers, but they could do much more to support the economic regeneration and security of the country.

Victims burned to death while fighting blaze after three massive explosions.

A quarter of all Russian forests, 89% of stocks in Sakha Republic, could be left to burn, even though they are essential to fight global warming.

Predators seek food in villages all around Siberia as climate expert warns of worse fires each year due to soaring rise in temperatures, 10C above average.

US National Weather Service claims smoke haze from deadly inferno has crossed the Pacific.

But is climate change to blame, or local officials who went on vacation instead of fighting fires?

The rare Amur tigress was saved from starvation more than a year ago after she was orphaned when poachers killed her mother.

Is global warming the real cause of the raging wildfires sweeping this Siberian republic?