Moscow has opened a preliminary probe into the case of ten year old Yegor Shatabalov's adoption by American citizen Marcia Ann Brandt in 2007.

Russian government proposes intriguing solution if Ulaanbaatar halts plans for hydropower dams on the Selenga River.

Deputy Prime Minister set for another visit to spaceport as he warns situation at Vostochny is 'critical' with project dogged by delays and corruption.

100-plus Amur leopards are living in the wild, a rise from only 30, and now they are set to get new protected territory to roam.

Businessman has spoken candidly over the controversial events of the 1990s, admitting he paid protection money to criminal gangs. 

A shocking image of a tortured dog - killed after being tied to a rope and pulled by a car around a village - has appalled Siberians.

Hope for future of the rare species as census says there could be as many as 540 of them now living in the Far East.