'Scary' scenes as fumes from burning forests cover Lake Baikal, with people - and bears - fleeing 'Apocalypse'.

Viktor Gorelov, 66, was kidnapped by armed Syrian rebels on 12 December during a work trip to the strife-torn country.

Blaze and gas explosion near Tyumen kills five children aged under nine years of age.

Big cat Leo80M - also called Nikolay - prepares for flight to Moscow and 'noble mission'. 

Russian president warns that 'the work is going slowly' and calls for progress.

There was an inspiring new aspect to the May 9 Victory Day commemorations across Russia, thanks to the idea of a Siberian man.

Our map shows the attacks by bears on humans across a swathe of Siberia and the Russian Far East.

Blast-off was 'successful' but first planned communication session 'failed' and craft did not reach 'target orbit'.

Novosibirsk State University climbs faster up the world academic league table than other well established Russian institutions.