At least 30,000 homes are hit by flooding in Amur region, with Vladimir Putin ordering more emergency aid to stricken people.

Plane schedules disrupted, residents warned to stay indoors, sailors had to use GPS to get back to land because of thick smoke fumes from raging forest fires.

Student ran away to Syria with sinister 'recruiter' who wanted her as his 4th wife: now she posts 'vile' messages praising Airbus and Paris terrorists.

Russia’s coldest region harvests first berries and mushrooms weeks ahead of schedule.

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.

Greenpeace claims up to 300 times more territory in Siberia is ablaze than officially acknowledged.

Winter comes to summer including freak hailstorms, mega-flooding but also wild fires.

Residents warned to stay away from the animals, with two men already having been savagely attacked... but there is happy news for two little cubs.

The stunning pictures of a volcanic eruption and lava flow were taken by Liudmila and Andrew, bloggers and travellers.