100-year-old woman among the hundreds who party the night away on the banks of a Yakutia river as temperatures fall to -43C.

Pebble and sandstone bull 3 by 4 metres is the first animal geoglyph discovered in this part of the world.

The predator is chased away by dog and man with stick as it comes too close for comfort.

Endangered big cats - a mother and two cubs - frolic in front of the lens, before stopping the show by removing the memory card with paw.

A 1,159 metre volcano named after one of Russia's most fearsome tsars erupted early Thursday for the first time in 23 years.

Experts undertake pioneering tests on skulls to finally understand how doctors carried out remarkable operations more than 2,300 years ago.

The unknown driver of this Siberian tram has become a web sensation for her high heels and Little (mostly) Black Dress.