The man who fell out of a train in below minus 40C and ran seven kilometres in the blistering cold says he didn't bother to tell his wife of his amazing ordeal.

Crew of Siberian UTair plane tell of 'confusion and silence' from air traffic controllers at key moment.

Barnaul angler Ivan Drachev, 33, caught more than he bargained for when he noticed an animal fallen through the ice.

Fisherman Vladimir Kristya, 69, got lost on ice in Amur Bay as huge snowstorm engulfed Vladivostok.

The animal got into a habit of visiting rubbish dumps on remote Novaya Zemlya, say researchers.

Frightened and hungry after poachers killed his mother, wild animal starts new life in Barnaul zoo.

The worker in the Republic of Tuva got trapped under a concrete slab while helping to dismantle an old asbestos plant.