Radiation, chemical and biological forces tackle two million tonnes of toxic chemical waste with huge mercury stockpile and oil poisons.
Vladimir Putin admits the Russian Far East is 'taking a beating' from the worst-ever floods
Calamitous toll of flooding hits homes of almost 100,000 people with the worst still to come
Greenpeace defies ban and sails its icebreaker into Arctic waters in protest over oil drilling
Besieged city of Khabarovsk faces another ten days before reaching the peak of flooding nightmare
The greatest railway on Earth runs on time in regions hit by worst floods in recorded history
City of Khabarovsk faces evacuation of tens of thousands if Amur River keeps rising
The great bear escape - animals and people evacuated from the worst floods in 120 years
The loyal dog who guarded his home against the rising tide of flood water
Bears as well as people are evacuated from the worst floods in 120 years in Eastern Russia
Huge flood wave threatens major Russian Far East cities as region is hit by cyclones
Norilsk breaks records for Arctic heat in a new sign of changing weather patterns
Cave in Northern Siberia shows the musk ox survived longer in the region than experts believed
The 'heart-stopping' migration of Siberia's feathered ambassadors to Britain and Ireland
'There is no way back', Prime Minister Medvedev says as the main polluter of Lake Baikal is to close
Mega undersea earthquake unleashes tremors across Russia including Moscow 10,000km away
Toxic fuel from 21,000 ton leak reaches pristine lake, bypassing floating booms, as rivers of diesel pollution cover-up is exposed.
Pictures show the impact of smog in Krasnoyarsk, as it scored worse for air quality than Mumbai, Dhaka and Kolkata.
One of world’s rarest big cats was hit by a car and went through months of treatment at the rescue centre in Russian Far East.
Immediate public audit of a high risk waste storage in Russia is urged.
Ecologists from several countries lost battle to poachers who caught an endangered dark-feathered bird.
Pictures prove the gruesome fate of reindeer 'to meet demands for traditional medicines in China and South Korea'.