In separate case, members of a 'bird mafia' illegally snaring and exporting Red Book hawks and falcons to Middle East were detained in Buryatia.

Some regions parched, others underwater in latest meteorological surprises.

Techno-capital Tomsk goes global to advertise for students.

Police caught a 28 year old who pulled out a syringe to 'infect' locals with killer disease.

‘Taiga burning’ - as scared bears are driven out of their natural habitat towards settlements where they are shot as danger to people.

American convicted of grooming child was found hiding in Irkutsk.

Forest infernos will be extinguished by the weekend, pledges government, as wildfires become political issue in Moscow.

Billionaire tycoon aims to use Siberia’s hydropower to fuel legion of data centres cheaper than anywhere else in Russia.

Officials insist there is no problem but this is not how locals see it in Cheremkhovo town.