Flourishing trade in souvenirs and household goods.

Abnormally hot May weather resembles midsummer with air temperatures as high as +35C.

Quality of life in booming oil capital Tyumen is better than that in Moscow or St Petersburg, says financial survey.

'I've got to talk to my British colleague,' said the Russian president as he left a key fuel and energy session to take the phone call.

Brazen animal expects anglers to feed her.

Yevgeny Tikhonov, 26, was climbing a student dormitory building in subzero temperatures; probe underway to discover how he died.

The Okhotsk Sea quake registered 8.3 on the Richter Scale at a depth of 600km, and prompted a tsunami warning. 

Geologist who built ramshackle hut 100 metres from Agafya Lykova passes away and is buried near the last place he called home.

Following a 'sighting' by local official, hunters reveal 'footprints' that do not belong to bear or any other known creature.

US, Dutch, Swiss, Swedish, South Korean, German and Russian tourists banned from leaving the area.