No bikini ban here as Russian contests reject the cover-up in the rest of the world. 

Here are some seasonal pictures as western Siberia gets its debut whiteout of the autumn. 

Yetis have been 'sighted' recently in three different remote areas in Kemerovo region, according to local reports.

A girl dies after a bus stop crashes on her in extreme gales.

Russia's coldest region is up to 20C milder than average this month, say meteorologists. 

Ukraine has moved its Consulate General from Vladivostok to Novosibirsk. The former Soviet state has other Consultates General around Russia already.

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

For quarter of a century he waited for police to come for him, convinced - wrongly - he had murdered girlfriend and her daughter in knife attack.

A new image of a Yeti - or Bigfoot - lurking behind trees is the 'clearest evidence' so far of the creature's existence.

Special forces do the Siberian Salsa.