Chained to a tree and bitten, five-year-old Masha is used as bait to hone skills in a competition to find the best hunter.

Intriguing evidence from well-preserved calf Yuka of ‘cobra hood-shaped bulge’ on trunk that is absent in modern elephants

Mitrofan Tretryakov, 69, was badly wounded, but managed to call rescuers as the predator escaped.

Proceeds of a sale of a stake in Alrosa diamond giant will benefit local people, vows governor.

New legislation in Latvia is poised to offer citizenship in the European Union country to the children and grandchildren of its exiles forcibly sent to Siberia.

Consortium featuring Russian businessman line up bid to invest in mine which develops deposits in Siberia.

When Vadim Kolpakov went on an expedition to the north of Irkutsk region, he had no inkling of the sensational discovery he was about to make.

Locals hear 'booms from the underworld' in giant ravine but now scientists say it holds secrets of the planet's past.

At first sight it maybe a UFO but in fact this both a boat and a plane - and it is to be tested in Spring on the River Lena in the Sakha Republic.