Stressed 3-month-old Glafira pulled by handler to sit down by the ballots and pose for photographers in Barnaul.

Siberian shadow dance troupe named as second-favourites to win prestigious show – and 19million rouble cheque.

State investigators examining whether 'The Werewolf' had 'dozens' more victims in Siberia and Russian Far East.

How people use the extreme cold to 'freeze dry' clothes. 

Photographers win praise for work which had them in trouble with the Communist Party and KGB.

Two year old boy tied up by nursery staff 'to keep him quiet'.

Russian number one admits pride when announcers say she hails from the remote oil town of Nyagan.

Shock in city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky over deaths after two tried to rescue their friend from heating drain.

A wartime spy who helped defeat the Nazis, she was an inspiration for the Russian beauty and fashion icon.

Thousands of years ago woolly mammoths came here to die: but why?  The macabre ancient remains haunt local residents to this day.