More than two dozen children in hospital after blunder by medics administering Mantoux tuberculosis test.

The Novosibirsk school girl emerges victorious from 300 girls in a contest held in the city.

Oilmen forced to stop work after being trapped in 'horseshoe' of burning taiga, as pall of smoke smothers Irkutsk region where state of emergency imposed.

Women want to serve their country, says deputy defence minister Nikolai Pankov.

Call for severe punishment for parents who leave children to fend for themselves aged under seven.

They have spent 17 years working with under-privileged children, now dance group get chance to help more at their own facility.

The freeze is so deep that horses - and even Rudolph - is brought indoors to warm up.

Faced with loans and unpaid alimony for daughter, Vyacheslav took flight and now blogs about his escape from financial problems.

Here we go back in time and remember 13 remarkable moments of 2013.