Businessman Vladislav Doronin - former partner of model Naomi Campbell - to deliver the award.

A ten year old boy was ambushed by wild animals close to Lake Yessey in Krasnoyarsk region.

Master blacksmith reveals how modern knives are closely related to those excavated from ancient archeological sites.

Greenpeace claim authorities underestimate the scale of destruction, amid warnings of lack of resources to fight fires. 

Tantalising studies now underway to establish if one of two carcases preserved by permafrost has traces of world's oldest mother's milk.

Rangers in Yakutia are on a lookout after watching a video showing a failed rescue attempt.

The prospects of a cloned mammoth is nearer after the sensational discovery of 'living cells' from the ancient creatures in northern Siberia.

Ecology groups warn that the extent of fires in forests and taiga has been misreported by up to 159 times compared with satellite evidence of the grim facts.

More than 20 calves born although park keepers say there could be more.