Capable of carrying 200 people and tonnes of cargo, new blimp for the 21st century could soon be taking off.

Boy killed 'after lethal infection 'awoke' in human graveyard due to unprecedented heat wave'.

With fur on its tail and twice the size of a human being, no one yet knows what the animal is.

Reindeer herders find more craters in the far north in a deepening puzzle for scientists. 

Mysterious 'gigantic' hole in remote region spotted by helicopters over gas-rich Yamal peninsula.

State of emergency called but locals are told they cannot shoot endangered species scavenging for food at local dump.

New cities and industries could be created from construction of high-speed railway and motorway routes spanning whole of country.

Quality of life in booming oil capital Tyumen is better than that in Moscow or St Petersburg, says financial survey.

Putin fires top official in Russian Far East, and calls for Investigative Committee to check how authorities performing.