Before Yuri Gagarin conquered space for humans, some 29 flights took place with dogs, the unsung heroes of man's arrival in the cosmos.

Man kills his girlfriend in supposed murder-suicide pact because they could not bear to be apart then fails to take his own life.

Bone-cracking cold, Gulag prison camps, oil flares visible from space, and bleak industrial cities - this is a common Western stereotype of Siberia.

Scientists split after expedition to see the '100 million year old reptile' in Yamal.

Druzhok was rescued once but swam back to do his duty on the doorstep of the waterlogged house in Eastern Russia.

It's a long way to Las Vegas, but Primorye region takes its first step as Tigre de Cristal casino opens.

When Vadim Kolpakov went on an expedition to the north of Irkutsk region, he had no inkling of the sensational discovery he was about to make.

Drone detects that the bird famed for bringing babies....is doing exactly this.

A weekly holiday season flight is staring to the historic and formerly Russian-controlled city of Dalian in China on 4 July.

'Second Spring' arrives with rhododendron blossoming for rare encore in October.