Summer 2020 follows unusually hot and dry spring in swinging between the extremes.

Topsy-turvy summer swings from Saudi-heat to freezer in Arctic north of Russia’s largest region of Yakutia.

Elsewhere in Russia’s coldest region desperate authorities spike clouds to induce rain and tame wildfires.

Aware of accounts of mysterious relic reptiles lurking in the deep, here are the first pictures from a record breaking dive.

Now the fun begins: tourists swimming in -60C and momentous meeting between the seasonal icons Chyskhaan and Grandfather Frost.

A Moscow scientist is calling for a new scientific expedition to solve the mystery of a huge 'monster'. 

Roads blocked, planes diverted due to low visibility, schools shut, people advised to stay home.

Faced with loans and unpaid alimony for daughter, Vyacheslav took flight and now blogs about his escape from financial problems.

Sardana Avksentyeva swept to power as mayor of Russia’s diamond capital in September.

As Western children salute Santa's Rudolph, here in the Sakha Republic the antlered animals are in peril from ravenous predators.