Airline Rossiya paints unique livery of an endangered Amur leopard on a Boeing 777-300.
The pet lost all four paws in January in -40C cold in Tomsk, but video shows him walking again with artificial titanium limbs.
One man's carelessness causes 'fire tornado' which destroys 59 houses, another avoidable blaze razes 17 homes, as state of emergency called.
They wear military headgear, raise the flag, carry knives in their mouths, and shoot at a target.
When this failed, Vitaly Saidov grabbed his gun and shot dead the predator to save himself and his family.
Three Russian nuclear powered icebreakers are leading a huge gas tanker through the Arctic waters on the roof of Siberia.
Vice Premier says 'majority' of work on the replacement to Soyuz for future of Space travel likely to be in city of Omsk.
Ten fishermen stayed alive in their life raft by casting off the 'dead bodies' of eight crew mates who froze to death in raging seas.
Sacred site up to 17,000 years old - believed to be gateway to the underworld - under threat from modern spray paint artists.