Valery Malkov from Bratsk, Irkutsk region, was wearing only a T-shirt, shorts and slippers.

One estimate is half a million new jobs stemming from improvements to the Baikal-Amur Mainline link amid hopes of foreign investment.

Greenpeace claim authorities underestimate the scale of destruction, amid warnings of lack of resources to fight fires. 

As they say, anything you Cannes do, we Kansk do better. Or at least do, too.

Court rules there is no case to answer for 73-year-old who helped cancer sufferer.

More than 20 new deals on energy, investment and education are inked in Beijing.

Krasnoyarsk's skies have been black since the start of the New Year, with locals complaining of 'chemical smell', lack of oxygen.

Destruction of natural habitat by forest fires 'explains bears causing terror in residential areas'.

Nicknamed the 'Angelina Jolie of Russia', the student says her victory was like a Cinderella fairy tale come true.