Parents' nightmare as mystery middle-aged man takes little Vika in Tomsk.

Unique Paleolithic prize for scientists, a jaw of an early human who 'feasted on woolly mammoth' - but may have been cannibalised. 

This time of winter sees the remarkable grandmother, 76, gliding across the ice on the world’s deepest lake on skates made in WW2.

Lost and alone on the Pacific coast, the seals would die without the help of a unique seal sanctuary.

The find, as old as Christ, is the latest treasure from the sacred and mysterious site of Ust-Polui in Salekhard, say experts.

She has lived in the wilderness for 71 years but famous Old Believer faces the cameras to deliver world a message for first time.

New video footage shows Amur the tiger lashing at Timur the goat - but then jumping back as if scared of the animal's horns.

As the world prepares to herald in the arrival of 2015, we look back at the winter celebrations of the Soviet yesteryear.

Lubov means Love in English and this remarkable babushka has done everything for her unusual 'grandchildren'.