'And I very much hope that the law in Russian is not an empty vessel, and the people in our country are prohibited from eating one another'.

Gelandewagen parade videos leads to 'career change' as Russia demands highest standards from secret servicemen.

Olesya Kologrivaya, 30, jailed for nine and a half years for cruel murder after a row over her lover who helped her hide body.

In the rest of the world, people are sure about one thing: Siberia = cold.

Expedition from Urals Federal University finds 300 samples of suspected space debris, clues to the history of the universe.

Bears are increasingly coming out of the forest in search of food, say wildlife experts.

Endangered Amur tigers are protected under President Vladimir Putin's special project.

This year sees the 400th anniversary of the House of Romanov, the Russian royal family thrown on the scrapheap of history in 1917.

Monument to Kate Marsden unveiled in Sosnovka village 123 years after she set out on her epic work.