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

Angara Airlines, based in Irkutsk, has launched new flights from Novosibirsk to Irkutsk and diamond-mining Mirny in the Sakha Republic.

Seasonal greetings to all parts of the world marking Christmas Day on 25 December, even though we have to wait a little longer!

It takes truly extreme cold for Yakutian students to miss out on their classes: but the big freeze has arrived (except in Chersky).

Never before has RNA - Ribonucleic acid - sequencing been carried out from so far back in time.

Amateur photographer who takes samurai sword for protection in lonely taiga captures the stunning majesty spreading its colours in the sky.

Swift response by the Russian president to Canada's move to claim seabed under the North Pole and surrounding waters.

A new type of dinosaur? A predator, like a wolverine? Scientists puzzle over the new discovery.

Up to 30 shot dead after winning traditional spring reindeer races in remote Tiksi.