Vets fight for life of the young male Amur leopard.
Forest infernos will be extinguished by the weekend, pledges government, as wildfires become political issue in Moscow.
As temperatures sunk to minus 50C and below, schools and kindergartens were closed for the world's hardiest children.
Scheme would allow epic journeys from London to the Japanese capital with major international crossing between Sakhalin and Hokkaido.
Russia is to launch an unmanned mission to the Moon as the first blast-off from the new Cosmodrome currently being constructed in Amur region.
Is there a link in the murders of three girls aged 9 and 10?
Damage from wave of floods already labelled 'catastrophic' with worse to come as Russian president Vladimir Putin demands: 'Put people first'.
Drone footage shows army of surfers paddling a chunk of ice in Ussuri Bay.
FSB federal security agents part of search team as government cracks down on corruption and abuse of power within senior ranks.
Some 35 Russian higher educational institutions are attending the annual Chinese showcase of international universities.