The helicopter carrying 17 people lurched on its side on takeoff, with 5 described as being in a 'grave' condition.

His career with the St Louis Blues was earlier delayed because of the NHL lockout but the impact of the 21 year old has been dramatic.

No economy class tickets to and from Moscow available 'for three weeks': travel by train takes a week.

A future international tourist bonanza is being brewed on the historic Great Tea Road.

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

Tsar's daughter may, after all, have escaped the execution which wiped out the royal family, says new book.

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

Thousands of years ago woolly mammoths came here to die: but why?  The macabre ancient remains haunt local residents to this day.