Two weeks after collecting his passport from Vladimir Putin, the Hollywood actor discloses intriguing DNA in his family tree.

His cries woke other participants, and one shot the bear.

'And I very much hope that the law in Russian is not an empty vessel, and the people in our country are prohibited from eating one another'.

Helped by a ladder, an axe and a chainsaw.

Recent reports showed 89 wildfires in Siberia and 25 in the Russian Far East as a new season of damage to forests gets underway.

Photographer seeks crowdfunding for trip to this little known natural wonder so remote that almost no pictures exist.

Cats and dogs are left at the mercy of extremely cold weather reaching -50C with no proper animal winter shelter in Yakutsk.

A deal would be the biggest Chinese equity participation in onshore oil in Russia.