What I wasn't expecting was just how beautiful everything looked under the sparkling white blanket of snow.

The Australian travel company is revolutionising the image of Siberia in the outside world.

Aged 71, she shuns civilisation and accepts a helicopter ride back to her home in remote Siberia, without a gun to protect her from bears.

This time of winter sees the remarkable grandmother, 76, gliding across the ice on the world’s deepest lake on skates made in WW2.

Photographer Igor Gavar from Omsk sets out to challenge traditional stereotypes of Russian babushkas.

We join photographer Kisoon Choi on a journey of discovery across Yakutia and the Far East and celebrate the unique landscapes, cities and peoples.

Pensioners snared in police sting after ordering local man to kill third babushka who they accused of 'sorcery'.

I am able to compare the two, and my conclusion is that there doesn’t seem to be any difference.