Her ancient tattoo is a showpiece of the glittering opening ceremony for the Sochi Paralympics.

Remains of the child suggest an 'unknown European invasion of Siberia deep in ancient times'.

'Scientists were in a remote border region without permit'.

The new-class accelerator will be made for the Russian Federal Nuclear Centre, chairman of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences said.

Overhead high voltage cables at touching level for children, foals are slaughtered because mares too weak to feed them. 

Wrapped in reindeer hide and fur, the 6-to-7 year old was protected by a child-sized bronze axe and bear's pendant.

A deal was signed giving South Korean scientists exclusive rights on cloning the woolly mammoth from tissue samples found recently in the Siberian permafrost. 

Video and pictures show experts conducting initial autopsy on the extinct creature preserved by permafrost.

This year sees the 400th anniversary of the House of Romanov, the Russian royal family thrown on the scrapheap of history in 1917.