A methane explosion at  Mine No. 7 in the Prokopyevsky district of Kemerovo region led to the deaths of four miners.

Two young birds saved after taking a seriously wrong turn during migration.

72 year old Agafya Lykova begged for help saying she was short of food.

Buried with stone axe and horn-tipped arrow, ancient human remains have archeologists reshaping their assumptions.

First sighting of the year of Bigfoot in Siberia.

The Okhotsk Sea quake registered 8.3 on the Richter Scale at a depth of 600km, and prompted a tsunami warning. 

Quality of life in booming oil capital Tyumen is better than that in Moscow or St Petersburg, says financial survey.

Suspect Evgeny Bukharin, 40, married father-of-two, detained by police in Kemerovo region.

Ambitious new 1billion rouble venture could see advent of ‘gambling tourism’ in Russia as visitors fly in to Altai resort.

The development is in an area of the world that claims to have one of the highest number of sightings of a legendary creature also known as Bigfoot.