Almost 3 million hectares on fire, including Arctic, with fumes having hit area larger than European Union.
Russian president warns that 'the work is going slowly' and calls for progress.
Plane, three fire trains and 5,000 people fighting as dry grass ignites 'like gunpowder'.
‘Taiga burning’ - as scared bears are driven out of their natural habitat towards settlements where they are shot as danger to people.
The Russian government is to give priority to Siberia and the Far East as it puts modernisation on fast-forward, insists Dmitry Medvedev.
Shilka became a global star last year in her pen in Novosibirsk but now she is set to be big in Japan after bid to keep her in Russia fails.
Visitors ‘risking their lives’ to witness spectacular formation of second cone on Klyuchevskaya Sopka in Kamchatka.
Starting on 16 July, the leading Kazakh carrier will offer twice weekly connections with glittering capital city Astana.