Night blaze engulfs Siberian centre despite prompt response by fire service.
Greenpeace claims up to 300 times more territory in Siberia is ablaze than officially acknowledged.
The beaches here are thronged with sun-seekers, children paddle in the warm waters — even the babushki are relaxed.
Seven year old sparked full scale police inquiry but had simply lost track of time as he read good books.
In a sign of the times, children are taught 'to love the motherland' after the return of Crimea and Sevastopol to Russia.
Anastasia Strashevskaya, 18, from Novosibirsk vows to keep studying as she qualifies for casting for the Miss Russia pageant.
Firefighter proposes to teacher from top of fire truck steps at her open classroom window.