Growing number of brave Siberians strip off for the winter, with debate raging about the benefits of taking to the snow and ice naked.
Residents marooned on rooftops after snow melt and heavy rain causes Karasul River to burst its banks.
At least 30,000 homes are hit by flooding in Amur region, with Vladimir Putin ordering more emergency aid to stricken people.
Travel for the first time by train to Russia's diamond capital, the coldest city in the world!
Photographer seeks crowdfunding for trip to this little known natural wonder so remote that almost no pictures exist.
State of emergency in Irkutsk region as President Vladimir Putin flies in amid carnage from heavy rain - with ‘worse to come’.