Rare appearance of bear close to Novosibirsk leads to warnings to residents.

He poses as a housing official, gains access to flats, and strangles his victims.

Miracle survival for Liza Grabovskaya in temperatures of minus 12C, lost for 24 hours.

Same man appears to hold a child upside down on an apartment block roof edge  for a social media picture called: 'Look at this world from a different angle.'

The former paratrooper, who butchered migrant workers, 'lived in the forest' since tunnelling his way to freedom.

Police save the child from clutches of man, 40, with another version that she was to be 'sold for human organs' on black market.

Police examine horrific child cruelty allegations against 26 year old woman teacher.

Premier Dmitry Medvedev bans 'spice' ingredients after 7 deaths and mass poisoning in western Siberia.

For quarter of a century he waited for police to come for him, convinced - wrongly - he had murdered girlfriend and her daughter in knife attack.

Four unidentified men claimed woman owned 240,000 roubles after borrowing 5,000 roubles last year.