Here we go back in time and remember 13 remarkable moments of 2013.
Aisen Nikolaev is drenched by Khaarchaana - the Yakutian Snow Maiden - in minus 10C temperature.
Charred corpses removed from wreckage in Kemerovo with evidence that victims were trapped inside by locked fire doors.
72 year old Agafya Lykova begged for help saying she was short of food.
Masked assailant believed to be 9th grade student wielded axe in class ‘cutting off boy’s finger and wounding girl’.
The Russian president's trip on Wednesday coincided with a marked improvement in levels of pollution, they claim.
'We're Russian Koreans,' comes the reply.
Oilmen forced to stop work after being trapped in 'horseshoe' of burning taiga, as pall of smoke smothers Irkutsk region where state of emergency imposed.
Aged 71, she shuns civilisation and accepts a helicopter ride back to her home in remote Siberia, without a gun to protect her from bears.