Elders in Altai Mountains vote to reinter mummy of ancient woman 'to stop her anger which causes floods and earthquakes'.

Elders claim mummy's absence has caused natural disasters and send new petition to Kremlin after first snub from Putin.

The first 100 wolves have been killed in the Sakha Republic as the authorities step-up their campaign to protect people and reindeer herds.

As Western children salute Santa's Rudolph, here in the Sakha Republic the antlered animals are in peril from ravenous predators.

Preserved by ice, the 25 year old ancient woman covered in tattoos used cannabis to cope with her ravaging illness.

Cops in the far north of Siberia 'to be issued with reindeer instead of police cars'.

A few months ago Altai Region was basking in a heat wave, suffering shortages of water for crops.

A plan has been drafted to catch and kill 2,200 stray dogs in Gorno-Altaisk, the capital of the Altai Republic.

Tattooed 2,500-year-old princess found mummified and preserved in permafrost could finally be reburied in special monument.