After a month of warm, dry weather and wildfires, the huge crater nicknamed ‘Mouth of Hell’ is now under direct threat.

Orthodox blessing for Soyuz-2 rocket ahead of historic unmanned mission.

A young man and woman were killed as they snowboarded in Mezhdurechensk, Kemerovo region.

The London-Beijing flight with 270 passengers and 16 crew landed in Irkutsk, Eastern Siberia, at 10.41 local time on Wednesday.

Vigilant cook to be rewarded for saving children in shocking incident.

Flights from east of Russian resumed for the first time since last year's earthquake and tsunami which led to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

The Russian president escapes on away-from-it-all break miles from anywhere.

The luxurious new 175-room Marriott is changing the face of the city in readiness for a 2014 opening. 

Putin prepares to head to New Delhi to approve deal as Moscow looks to expand trade links with Asia.

Study of ancient canine graves shows the important place of the animals in lives of prehistoric people.