Aged 20, he never went to school but is confident he will easily pass university entrance exams.
A smoky haze in British Columbia originated in Eastern Siberia, says a top Canadian meteorologist.
New statistics on Saturday showed the vast scale of the human effort in Russia to halt a natural disaster that has destroyed swathes of woodland and taiga.
‘Taiga burning’ - as scared bears are driven out of their natural habitat towards settlements where they are shot as danger to people.
He spoke out as Premier Dmitry Medvedev was in Siberia on a trip substantially aimed at leading efforts to combat the serious forest fires.
At least three are dangerously close to population centres in Irkutsk region.
Destruction of trees by flames could see Batagai Depression ‘rapidly enlarge’ while remote local settlements also threatened.
Does a spooky event in New England 238 years ago hold the clue to the eerie blackness that descended one week ago in Siberia?
Brave Karina Chikitova hoping for a Barbie doll from Russian Santa, Ded Moroz.