Sour relations not stopping memorial to historic flights to help save world from Nazism.

Afanasiy Polyatinskiy spent ten days taking letters and parcels to remote villages, carrying a gun because of threat of brown bear attacks.

After a month of warm, dry weather and wildfires, the huge crater nicknamed ‘Mouth of Hell’ is now under direct threat.

At least 138 miners brought safely to surface of Alrosa's Mir complex with hopes of getting remaining men out alive.

How horseracing and equestrian culture is developing in the Sakha Republic.

A new type of dinosaur? A predator, like a wolverine? Scientists puzzle over the new discovery.

Parody of Russian glamorous hip-hop star Timati is becoming a sensation across Russia - and now globally.

Samples taken from extinct animal’s leg during international workshop in the hope of one day bringing the hairy creature back from the dead.