With forest fires still burning across Siberia, hot summer temperatures are moving across the continent.
Premier Dmitry Medvedev warned it will take two to three weeks to extinguish the fires raging across Siberia.
A family was rescued by helicopter after chopping birch trees and using them to spell 'SOS' when they were ringed by blazing wildfires.
A smoky haze in British Columbia originated in Eastern Siberia, says a top Canadian meteorologist.
Say that again? The Arctic on fire?
Chronic wildfires across Siberia have forced birds to flock to the extreme west of Europe in search of sanctuary, it is claimed.
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.
Plane schedules disrupted, residents warned to stay indoors, sailors had to use GPS to get back to land because of thick smoke fumes from raging forest fires.
He spoke out as Premier Dmitry Medvedev was in Siberia on a trip substantially aimed at leading efforts to combat the serious forest fires.