Russian officials claimed little orphan Maxim Kuzmin suffered an appalling death after being adopted to the US. 

A desperate hunt for six teenagers missing on a Tyva mountain was hampered in poor weather conditions including the threat of new avalanches. 

Charred corpses removed from wreckage in Kemerovo with evidence that victims were trapped inside by locked fire doors.

'All forest wildfires extinguished' in Siberian Federal District, say officials, but peat flames still raging.

There's no better place to grow than in the towns like my historic Tara, founded in 1594, without traffic jams and supermarkets, but with winter fun and fresh air. 

Pro-Vladimir Putin demos one year on from the Kiev uprising.

In a remote ice cave in Siberia, three legendary white-bearded figures hold an unexpected conclave.

'If we die, I love you,' says one bather struck by bullet-like giant hail stones.

Meet the shadow dance sensations on the brink of worldwide stardom and 19 million rouble cheque after taking British TV show by storm.