Presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping oversee agreement of an historic pact ahead of G20 meeting in St Petersburg.

A picture of Anastasia Gruzdeva, 25, in deep winter with frosty eyelashes went viral: now she shows her summer look, covered in mosquitoes.

Seasonal greetings from the east of Russia where there are no less than seven different Father Christmas figures to bring joy to children in winter. 

Yakutia Airlines boosts flights from Alaska to some of the world's greatest, yet most unexplored holiday destinations.

Honour in Yakutia to Karina Chikitova, who - at the age of 4 - survived 12 days and nights alone in the Siberian wilderness.

Alexei Gorulenko confessed to keeping himself alive by eating human flesh, but denied killing Olga Kurochkina's husband.

British man to become the first in the world to ride from Pacific to Atlantic ocean.

Call for severe punishment for parents who leave children to fend for themselves aged under seven.

Vladimir Putin surprises a female Siberian student with flowers on her 23rd birthday but also comes face to face with a woolly mammoth.

The result? He has avoided flu for two years, and works harder with renewed energy.