From frost-resistant woolly pigs to sheep that look like goats and horses that love playing the snow, there are lots of surprises across the taiga.

She has lived in the wilderness for 71 years but famous Old Believer faces the cameras to deliver world a message for first time.

Amazing scenes as Russia’s iciest region of Yakutia plunges to near record lows, and even the thermometer in the world’s coldest village breaks down.

Desperate plea by teen whose American mother sent her aged 15...to Siberia.

Professional sportsman Vitalyi Slobodinyk, 33, filmed as he is towed on a rope by a car in 'life threatening' escapade.

Blazes raging just 50km from the Arctic Ocean in Yakutia.

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. 

This is just one of the many questions I have been asked recently as a result of blogging here. What a question!