7 out of top 10 regions for confiscations are in Siberia or Russian Far East.
For the first time in 12 years a family of tigers returns to reserve in Khabarovsk region.
Video shows mystery object blazing a trail across the dark early morning sky.
With membrane span of up to 1.5 metres the extinct animal could glide further than 50 metres.
Huge area of the Sea of Okhotsk will be recognised as part of Russia's continental shelf.
The Amur River rises past 7.35 metres in Khabarovsk city, with Komsomolsk-on-Amur, and Nikolayevsk-on-Amur also braced for new flooding.
Subsea permafrost thaws faster than previously thought, Russian scientists say.