Mi-8 delivered Hannah McKeand and Canadian companion to remote island weather station but crashed soon after, as pair abandon North Pole attempt.

Amazing new pictures show a endangered Amur leopard with a cub.

Wind brought down power lines but one week later some locals are freezing as thermometers plunge to minus 20C.

Dmitry Medvedev rejected plans to set up a State corporation to run the economy in eastern Siberia and the Far East.

Monika - real name Olga Pronina - had 140,000 social media followers fascinated by her love of speed, rule-breaking and glamour.

Beauty parlour owner Yulia Kiseleva, 27, was drunk as she drove her Mercedes-Benz into Toyota Highlander at 160 kph.

 Novosibirsk resident developed symptoms of the illness that has baffled scientists and doctors during visit to family in Kazakhstan.

Lost and alone on the Pacific coast, the seals would die without the help of a unique seal sanctuary.