Relatives of the sailors lost almost six weeks ago on a gold-ore carrying freighter are begging the authorities to keep hunting for the crew.

There are movies made about the girls performing at the Paralympic Games and the parents who adopted them. But no one notices them in Russia.

Actor is being awarded the Siberian Oscar (if he arrives to collect it) - but is also now wanted as a tourism guru after 'blunder' on Urals pollution.

Siberian mountaintop lavatory is 'the most extreme toilet in the world'.

Ambitious new 1billion rouble venture could see advent of ‘gambling tourism’ in Russia as visitors fly in to Altai resort.

'Genius' teenager from the Urals helps Russian figure skating team to first gold medal.

The US actor warns that Yakutia - officially called the Sakha Republic - is 'extremely vulnerable' to global warming.

SWAT team ambush illegal cargo at night in open seas off coast of the Democratic People's Republic.

Leading jeweller Alexey Baburov honoured by Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg.