When Darina was born 3 years ago without lips and a chin, her mother lost consciousness from shock, and soon her family disowned the child.

He is believed to be 20, born in the wild, never went to school, received no vaccinations, and was cut off from civilisation.

Officials deny any risk of atomic contamination from the site in Sakha Republic.

The remarkable rescue and evacuation effort was needed because of a severe break-up in the ice sheet due to global warming.

Waste threatens 11,000 people in Pervomaisk after 'violation of safety rules’.

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.

Lena Pillars, a World Heritage Site, hit by the rampant flames, as calls grow for greater efforts to tackle infernos.

Both Greenpeace and the World Wildlife Fund are expressing grave concern at the risk of contamination in the Pechora Sea.

With smoke having blown as far as the US and Canada, experts now say 'the trend is positive' in controlling fires raging from the Urals to the Pacific.

Historic cities of Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk ideal to connect country to buoyant Asian markets.