Visitors ‘risking their lives’ to witness spectacular formation of second cone on Klyuchevskaya Sopka in Kamchatka.
RusHydro, RosGeologiya and Transneft 'to rebase from Moscow to the Far East'.
As usual there is outlandish speculation about an alien visit, but there is genuine puzzlement and disagreement among experts over the mystery object.
Listed as killed, he was found living rough in the forest, but now his own family refuse to believe it's really him.
Forlorn polar bear named Umka turned up at a Russian police station as if pleading for help: now he is back where he belongs.
Vessel 'holed by drifting ice', says regional Emergency Ministry source.
Soul-stirring images of eruption on the Klyuchevskaya Sopka caught by extreme travellers at altitude of 2,850 metres (9,350 ft).
New evidence of climate change as blazes come six weeks early in 2014.
From 'fireworks' made from nothing more than hot water in minus 50C, to surfing in the Pacific, this is the New Year on our doorstep.