Lubov means Love in English and this remarkable babushka has done everything for her unusual 'grandchildren'.
Maru was sent back to the kennels where she was born on Trans-Siberian railway by 'allergic' owner, but escaped the train.
Victor Markov graduated from a ballet school but shunned the limelight and headed home to his remote farm, where he can't stop dancing.
Up to 30 shot dead after winning traditional spring reindeer races in remote Tiksi.
Our map shows the attacks by bears on humans across a swathe of Siberia and the Russian Far East.
I was sitting 3-to-4 metres away from the cubs waiting to see what would happen next. The mother returned back later and fed the cubs.
Child needs hospital treatment after circus worker walked the lion 'like a dog' with no muzzle.
Photo traps capture beauty of the big cat stalking the landscape by day and night in shadow of Altai Mountains.
Schools and kindergartens ordered to keep students indoors in Kirovsky.
This endangered snow leopard and her two cautious cubs are among only 100 or so living in the wild in Russia.