Officials deny any risk of atomic contamination from the site in Sakha Republic.

Endemic to the remote island of Novaya Zemlya, it survived the Ice Age here, scientists believe, the only creature known to have done so.

It is a medical fact that children are healthier if they daily run out into the snow in their swimming costumes - and pour a bucket of cold water over their heads.

Couple unearth remains of 'rich' female buried up to 1,000 years ago with her rare Chinese bronze mirror.

The Russian president took part in the 'Flight of Hope', giving a flying lesson to young white cranes ahead of their epic 5,000 km migration.

Siberia aluminium magnate blames Central Bank for failing to stem problems and says they would be better off ruling economy 'from Space'.

Heartbroken zoo keepers said the mating season's attack was 'unprecedented’.

Siberian ancestors hunted the squat short-legged horse, even though this type of animal was believed to have been wiped out 400,000 years ago.

The Okhotsk Sea quake registered 8.3 on the Richter Scale at a depth of 600km, and prompted a tsunami warning. 

DNA 'tests' of hair supposedly from a Yeti in a Siberian cave show it comes from an unknown mammal closely related to man, it was claimed last night.