Endangered Amur tigers are protected under President Vladimir Putin's special project.

This year sees the 400th anniversary of the House of Romanov, the Russian royal family thrown on the scrapheap of history in 1917.

Police detained two men in Trans-Baikal region on suspicion of selling  the counterfeit liquor.

Cemetery damaged by raging winds in Khabarovsk. 

Lifelike model shows the first known plant-eating dinosaur with feathers and scales.

The Japanese government is to provide financial assistance for a joint helium-production project, says newspaper The Daily Yomiuri.

Travel for the first time by train to Russia's diamond capital, the coldest city in the world!

It was described as a 'v-e-rrry hot day' in fashionable snow resort Sheregesh as 700 women and men (in swim suits) smashed the world record.

His career with the St Louis Blues was earlier delayed because of the NHL lockout but the impact of the 21 year old has been dramatic.