Yakutia Airlines boosts flights from Alaska to some of the world's greatest, yet most unexplored holiday destinations.

But notorious 'chessboard murderer' was 'ditched by his prospective bride' though he refuses to believe he was dumped.

The anti-Kremlin campaigner will serve remaining time in jail clinic in Siberia.

Young women queue to be painted by 20 year old body artist Pavel Dorofeev aka Pasha Znag.

A student of a medical academy in Krasnoyarsk was ejected after refusing to stop wearing her headscarf.

The 21 year old Siberian student outclassed reigning world champion Stanka Zlateva of Bulgaria to cause a sensational Olympic triumph.

Victor Markov graduated from a ballet school but shunned the limelight and headed home to his remote farm, where he can't stop dancing.

Minus 43C (minus 45F) competition in extreme cold in Yakutsk, world's coldest city.

Californian academics say tests confirm Rhodiola rosea aka 'golden root' DOES increase lifespan by 24% (well, this is in fruit flies).