Appalling conditions in Alrosa's Mir mine forces end to search on submerged level 310 some 11 days after devastating flood.

Russian technology is capable of delivering aircraft to land on water and ice and bringing vital links to Siberian communities, Shoigu says.

Siberian city 'beats' the world famous ski resorts of Zermatt and Verbier which postpone their bid to host the winter sports festival.

Baby boy aged six months, the sole survivor of massacre, fights for his life.

Russia's largest drama theatre has offered the country's new actor citizen a role in their troupe starting in March.

'Genius' teenager from the Urals helps Russian figure skating team to first gold medal.

Grigory Akhara, 21, was unconscious but alive when driver Ulyana Lobanova, 30, and her foul-mouthed husband Roman, 42, refused to back-up.

Japanese companies consider investment in railway extension via islands of Sakhalin and Hokkaido.