Seasonal greetings from the east of Russia where there are no less than seven different Father Christmas figures to bring joy to children in winter. 

State of emergency declared in city of Nizhnevartovsk, which suffers worst flooding in its history.

Excitement in console world as preview shows heroine Lara Croft fighting off bears and exploring snowy steppe in latest outing.

Three more players rushed to hospital after suffering injuries in thunderstorm tragedy.

I am now, for the first time in my life, living in a sanctioned country.

Cosmetologist Natalia Youssef from Krasnoyarsk says American women can benefit from tried and tested Siberian techniques.

More than 20,000 residents were moved as rivers burst their banks with forecasts of worsening flooding later this week.

Born in the Siberian taiga, recluse Agafya Lykova is the sole survivor of the Lykov family who cut themselves off from civilisation in 1936.

Diamond capital of Russia shines with one of the most spectacular 1 May demonstration in the country.