Pictures show how drivers face deadly threat from summer fire 'hell' as fuel truck went at top speed to avoid killer spark.
Flights late on Thursday and on Friday suffered disruption due to smog caused by blazes in dry woodland made vulnerable by the current heat wave.
As one area continues to fight blaze, communities in tragedy-hit Khakassia show that human spirit and togetherness can prevail.
Predators seek food in villages all around Siberia as climate expert warns of worse fires each year due to soaring rise in temperatures, 10C above average.
Topsy-turvy summer swings from Saudi-heat to freezer in Arctic north of Russia’s largest region of Yakutia.
Residents of sub-Arctic Verkhoyansk district of Yakutia woke up in complete darkness.
Premier Dmitry Medvedev launches inquiry into the tragedy which leaves almost 600 injured.
Oilmen forced to stop work after being trapped in 'horseshoe' of burning taiga, as pall of smoke smothers Irkutsk region where state of emergency imposed.
US National Weather Service claims smoke haze from deadly inferno has crossed the Pacific.
Tearful plea on president's televised call-in leads to promise to overcome carnage in Khakassia and Chita.