Real-life adventurers to a 'professional blonde' queue to participate in the ultimate brutal television reality contest, where 'rape and murder' are not banned.
When this failed, Vitaly Saidov grabbed his gun and shot dead the predator to save himself and his family.
Ukraine has moved its Consulate General from Vladivostok to Novosibirsk. The former Soviet state has other Consultates General around Russia already.
Endangered Amur tigers are protected under President Vladimir Putin's special project.
The loved-ones of the nine crew of a freighter loaded with gold ore are refusing to give up the slender hope that they will be found alive.
The inquisitive baby took a first walk at Orto Doidu zoo in Yakutsk aged three and a half months.