Four children among those in intensive care, as locals undergo mass evacuation and quarantining, while reindeer herd decimated.
Law enforcement officers sought to 'force confessions from students' in case of US citizen Colin Madsen, found dead in Buryatia.
‘Taiga burning’ - as scared bears are driven out of their natural habitat towards settlements where they are shot as danger to people.
With forest fires still burning across Siberia, hot summer temperatures are moving across the continent.
The Kremlin's 'Mr Siberia' Viktor Tolokonsky tells 'Sphere of Influence' business magazine what our vast region means to him.
Iturup gets connected, opening up the stunning scenery of the Kuril Islands to tourism.
Whisky proves popular in the land of vodka.
My only knowledge of Russia came from Hollywood movies, James Bond films in particular - though I was aware that From Russia with Love was made back in 60s.
Our map shows the attacks by bears on humans across a swathe of Siberia and the Russian Far East.