Natural causes, or linked to oil and gas exploitation?
The Siberian Times keeps writing about the unique seals sanctuary organised by Lora Beloivan from Vladivostok.
Forlorn polar bear named Umka turned up at a Russian police station as if pleading for help: now he is back where he belongs.
Tsarist inmates and Gulag victims were notoriously transported like cattle in packed carriages. Now it's different, as our pictures show.
'Global warming' behind major change in arrivals from Omsk to Pacific.
Ten fishermen stayed alive in their life raft by casting off the 'dead bodies' of eight crew mates who froze to death in raging seas.