One of only 500 of the largest cats in the world left in the Siberian wild is gunned down in Kharbarovsk region.

As temperatures sunk to minus 50C and below, schools and kindergartens were closed for the world's hardiest children.

After a series of delays, Prime Minister orders the line to Russia’s diamond capital Yakutsk to be ready for the first passengers by July.

Sacred site up to 17,000 years old - believed to be gateway to the underworld - under threat from modern spray paint artists.

Three cities east of the Urals are in the top ten for a new survey of national contentment.

North Korea urged to join Russia and China in fixing reliable numbers for Amur big cats.

Chained to a tree and bitten, five-year-old Masha is used as bait to hone skills in a competition to find the best hunter.

Man in Russian Far East found the endangered big cat on his mat one morning, seemingly in need of a dentist...