Three months of rehabilitation deemed a success as the female pair swim off back into the water.
Honour in Yakutia to Karina Chikitova, who - at the age of 4 - survived 12 days and nights alone in the Siberian wilderness.
As western Europe chills in unusually harsh weather, which it blames on Russia (of course!), here’s how we cope with the deep freeze.
Tomsk mountaineers had radioed for help but rescuers failed to reach them in time.
72 year old Agafya Lykova begged for help saying she was short of food.
Major operation to safely grab then female from her favourite spot on the Kolyma River a long way from home.
A desperate hunt for six teenagers missing on a Tyva mountain was hampered in poor weather conditions including the threat of new avalanches.
Stranded on Teletskoye Lake in the Altai Mountains, bird's only hope of survival is to be caught and put in a zoo.
Meanwhile, Emergencies' Minister vows better space monitoring of flooding as plans underway to stop a repeat of 2013 crisis.