'Second Spring' arrives with rhododendron blossoming for rare encore in October.
Ahead of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, the flame will twice cross Siberia, once from west to east, then east to west.
Alla loves nothing more than taking pictures of her beloved pets – and it seems the world can't get enough of them either.
The animal got into a habit of visiting rubbish dumps on remote Novaya Zemlya, say researchers.
Massive Siberian source of diamonds formed by an asteroid 35 million years ago can 'overturn entire world gem market'.
Say that again? The Arctic on fire?
Speculation that reclusive dictator's debut foreign trip will see him visit Khabarovsk in September.
The Popigai reserves are enough to keep the planet in diamonds for 3,000 years.
Here we go back in time and remember 13 remarkable moments of 2013.