Plane schedules disrupted, residents warned to stay indoors, sailors had to use GPS to get back to land because of thick smoke fumes from raging forest fires.

Our map shows the attacks by bears on humans across a swathe of Siberia and the Russian Far East.

'The contract in current market parameters is absolutely unprecedented', Putin told investors at the annual Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum.

Flights late on Thursday and on Friday suffered disruption due to smog caused by blazes in dry woodland made vulnerable by the current heat wave.

No victims from the blaze at remote location in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous region.

For hundreds of years visitors to this Arctic outpost have been frightened by terrifying totems and human sacrifices. 

Presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping oversee agreement of an historic pact ahead of G20 meeting in St Petersburg.

Capable of carrying 200 people and tonnes of cargo, new blimp for the 21st century could soon be taking off.