Summer 2020 follows unusually hot and dry spring in swinging between the extremes.
Schoolchildren of all ages are asked to stay home as gusts of wind reach 29 metres per second.
With thick coat to keep it warm, the little Yakut horse loves nothing better than running about the frozen fields.
Historic $307 million road link across the Amur River - known in China as the Heilongjiang River - will open in April 2020.
British man to become the first in the world to ride from Pacific to Atlantic ocean.
Abnormally hot May weather resembles midsummer with air temperatures as high as +35C.
Lena Pillars, a World Heritage Site, hit by the rampant flames, as calls grow for greater efforts to tackle infernos.
Elsewhere in Russia’s coldest region desperate authorities spike clouds to induce rain and tame wildfires.
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.