Pensioner from the UK says medical staff among best in the world after he fell suddenly ill on dream trip across Russia with his wife.

The Yamal peninsula has the world's richest gas reserves, and soon it will grow juicy tomatoes as well.

First sighting of the year of Bigfoot in Siberia.

Head of shelter alleges 'arson', while fire chiefs claim bad wiring was to blame. 

Stranded on Teletskoye Lake in the Altai Mountains, bird's only hope of survival is to be caught and put in a zoo.

From frost-resistant woolly pigs to sheep that look like goats and horses that love playing the snow, there are lots of surprises across the taiga.

Real-life adventurers to a 'professional blonde' queue to participate in the ultimate brutal television reality contest, where 'rape and murder' are not banned.