A man from Kudymkar in Perm region axed his wife to death while believing that she was a vampire, according to police. 

Locals in north of Yakutia said daylight was completely gone for several hours.

This is just one of the many questions I have been asked recently as a result of blogging here. What a question! 

Many Pacific islands are famed for their palm trees, but Sakhalin is facing some of the heaviest January blizzards in living memory.

Desperate plea by teen whose American mother sent her aged 15...to Siberia.

This neglectful Virginia professor expresses no remorse while saying she still loves Sofia.

More than 300 enterprises now have investment from China in this Far East region.

Fears over exploitation of Russian models sent on 'slave labour contracts' without parents to care for them.

Emergency chiefs say that increased activity means tour companies and residents must avoid going too close to eruptions.