Rampaging knifeman is shot dead by security services after shocking incident in oil city Surgut.

Once Britain was hailed around the world for its giants of science - figures like Sir Isaac Newton, Alexander Fleming and more recently Stephen Hawking.

'Dodo' flies in your hot and tasty delivery in sub-Arctic Russia.

The Tomsk club has issued a formal protest after claiming its fans were sprayed by a water jet after a goal by rivals FC Sibir.

French photographer takes a snap-shot of everyday life in Eastern Russia and falls in love with 'exotic' region.

The Siberian city is challenging Quebec in Canada and the Swiss canton of Valais for the Universiade-2019.

Prisoners left anguished protest note to future generations, revealing how they sacrificed 'blood and bones' and pleading for an end to slavery.