Concern is growing over poaching of the 'secretive' manul wild cat - also known as Pallas's Cat.

Paws were attached to underside of carriage in Zabaikalsk region.

Angara Airlines, based in Irkutsk, has launched new flights from Novosibirsk to Irkutsk and diamond-mining Mirny in the Sakha Republic.

Forest fire may have caused the blasts which led to 400 people being evacuated.

You want to breast feed as long as possible, but you also need to work to make ends meet. 

Maria Grischenko praised for bravery in fighting back against double-murderer who threatened to kill her if she resisted.

He confessed that he and a friend cannibalised another member of their group who died in the extreme cold, say investigators.

Leonid Kulesh's dizzying achievement wins world acclaim - even if he is not appreciated by local police.