Direct links from the eastern cities of Vladivostok and Khabarovsk are on the way, said Russian presidential adviser Igor Levitin.

Second female student held under house arrest in shocking Khabarovsk case: but is a disturbing sexual fetish behind the savagery?

Speculation that reclusive dictator's debut foreign trip will see him visit Khabarovsk in September.

Hearse impounded in Russian Far East contained $160,000 worth of the prized delicacy.

Defences were breached in Komsomolsk-on-Amur engulfing several villages, as forced evacuation rise.

Russian president changes his midnight address to honour the bombing victims in Volgograd - and eliminate terrorists.

Olga Laponnikova, 44, cocooned the girl as the L-410 turboprop 'fell like a stone' into woodland a mile from runaway in Nelkan, eastern Russia.

For the first time in 12 years a family of tigers returns to reserve in Khabarovsk region.

Meanwhile, Emergencies' Minister vows better space monitoring of flooding as plans underway to stop a repeat of 2013 crisis.