The world famous English National Ballet with first soloist Anais Chalendard is to perform in the Sakha Republic for the first time.
Implements or weapons made of quartz and quartzite unearthed among tons of bones under a Siberian village called... Mammoth.
Plane schedules disrupted, residents warned to stay indoors, sailors had to use GPS to get back to land because of thick smoke fumes from raging forest fires.
Couples celebrate St Valentine's Day with kissathon in Yakutsk.
Video shows how breeders corral the horses into the water, believing the island grass is more nutritious.
Previously unknown subspecies confirmed by DNA tests and probably numbering around 400.