children Siberia

Blaze and gas explosion near Tyumen kills five children aged under nine years of age.

School closed after outbreak in village in Krasnoyarsk region.

More than two dozen children in hospital after blunder by medics administering Mantoux tuberculosis test.

Divers brave minus 45C to place a 'New Year Tree' beneath the ice on bed of the mighty Lena River.

Temperatures of up to 35C force exodus to river and lake beaches. 

Hundreds of years ago, the Cossacks were at the forefront of the conquest of Siberia; now the heritage passes to a new generation.

Vigilant cook to be rewarded for saving children in shocking incident.

At least three are dangerously close to population centres in Irkutsk region.

Call for severe punishment for parents who leave children to fend for themselves aged under seven.