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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Ukraine has moved its Consulate General from Vladivostok to Novosibirsk. The former Soviet state has other Consultates General around Russia already.