Law enforcement officers sought to 'force confessions from students' in case of US citizen Colin Madsen, found dead in Buryatia.

Four killed in nightmare accident in Omsk.

Greenpeace claim authorities underestimate the scale of destruction, amid warnings of lack of resources to fight fires. 

Mushroom picker Alexander Lopukhin, 44, said he was certain he would die.

The fireball sparked panic as it flew over the Ural Mountains, shattering glass in cities, wounding well over 1,000, amid warnings that 'doomsday' had arrived.

He confessed that he and a friend cannibalised another member of their group who died in the extreme cold, say investigators.

Among the dead were 186 children, killed in a 3-day terrorist outrage that we must never, ever forget.

Fisherman aged 69 became stranded after heavy snowstorm.

Kilometres of nets thrown overboard monthly, expert warns.

Flooding now covers an area almost as large as France, Germany and Britain combined, or close to the equivalent of Texas and California.