Mummified archer turns up in remote museum after locals refused to hand him over to the Hermitage in St Petersburg.
A production of Wagner's opera 'Tannhauser' seen as offending devout Orthodox believers.
Only 7 dogs remain: is it enough to save the species?
Russian government denies removal of director of Opera and Ballet Theatre was censorship.
Yury Davydov, 67, gets proof of his roots after years of waiting: his grandmother was Stalin's 14 year old lover.
I had a sense that the fear I had known was gone and would never come back. It was an amazing feeling!
The 2,750 tonnes cargo of Khabarovsk-born businessman Igor Grechushkin was detained in Lebanon in 2013.
These are the first pictures and video of scene in Khabarovsk region where a sudden and massive rock movement causes semi-blockage and flood risk.
Actor is being awarded the Siberian Oscar (if he arrives to collect it) - but is also now wanted as a tourism guru after 'blunder' on Urals pollution.
Oil slicks, sewage, industrial waste and rubbish floating sea is harming wildlife and could lead to marine crisis.