This famous ballet troupe toured the UK, becoming unique cultural ambassadors and putting their native Krasnoyarsk on the map in the West.

Russian photographer writes about a volcanic eruption at Tolbachik, seen by the Soviets as the most lunar place on the planet.

Sixteen runners braved extreme temperatures at the Pole of Cold.

The idea of the Immortal Regiment was born in Tomsk, Siberia three years ago, and has now spread throughout Russia and abroad.

The world's top diamond producer is on course for a $10 billion valuation, say analysts.

Once I managed to make the Kremlin inhabitants to talk like human beings. But this time it was a wall far stronger than the Kremlin’s.

Only 80 big cats remain in the wild, but this alpha male has been courting three eligible females.

Big cat Leo80M - also called Nikolay - prepares for flight to Moscow and 'noble mission'. 

This is the clearest evidence that our ancestors speared and killed the extinct giant.