Hermit Agafya Lykova to be sent urgent supplies this week to help her get through winter.
The death toll from unusually heavy snowstorms rose to ten at the weekend.
Would-be participants accuse Yevgeny Pyatkovsky of cheating them over the ultimate reality game show combating bears and wolves on an Ob River island.
This witness to the Siberian gold rush might be the only one left in the world.
PM Medvedev was ordered to 'reprimand' Regional Development Minister Oleg Govorun for the slow pace of proposals to boost the east of the country.
Girgory Pasko struck on head in Siberian city after arriving to hold seminar for local reporters and bloggers.
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A grave on Lena River sand bank ‘proves site north of Yakutsk city is not historic original Cossack settlement’ in coldest region.
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.
A man became infected from a cow, and only called for medical help a week after contracting the deadly disease - by then it was too late.