Body found buried some 200 metres from remote research facility 150 kilometres from Mirny.
Despite the cold weather and prevalence of permafrost, family is struggling to keep up with the demand.
After months of speculation, parliament and President rubber-stamp deal that will see gas sent to China.
Destruction of trees by flames could see Batagai Depression ‘rapidly enlarge’ while remote local settlements also threatened.
Thousands of carp washed up, but who or what killed them?
The two fled on foot in minus 35C rather than stay with the men in remote hut in the taiga in Sakha Republic.
After a month of warm, dry weather and wildfires, the huge crater nicknamed ‘Mouth of Hell’ is now under direct threat.
The bison - or buffalo - are under special protection from hunters amid rising concern over wolf attacks.