‘Thousands’ perish amid calls for a state of emergency in the region, with fears anthrax vaccine is a cause of death.
Appalling conditions in Alrosa's Mir mine forces end to search on submerged level 310 some 11 days after devastating flood.
The rare predator was caught after weeks of wandering into a village in Russian Far East.
Russian technology is capable of delivering aircraft to land on water and ice and bringing vital links to Siberian communities, Shoigu says.
Russia is going back in time if - as expected - new draft laws are passed by the country's parliament.
Siberian city 'beats' the world famous ski resorts of Zermatt and Verbier which postpone their bid to host the winter sports festival.
Baby boy aged six months, the sole survivor of massacre, fights for his life.
Russia's largest drama theatre has offered the country's new actor citizen a role in their troupe starting in March.
'Genius' teenager from the Urals helps Russian figure skating team to first gold medal.
Grigory Akhara, 21, was unconscious but alive when driver Ulyana Lobanova, 30, and her foul-mouthed husband Roman, 42, refused to back-up.