Here are some seasonal pictures as western Siberia gets its debut whiteout of the autumn. 

Thermometers go above zero in places where the winter should be 20 or 30 degrees colder.

'Sensational' find of two cubs, the best preserved ever seen in the world, announced today.

Puppies are 'designer' animals bred by South Korean cloning laboratory, but they flunked test in 13 simple skills for Russian police dogs.

First cargo train on the final link of Amur-Yakutsk line in historic expansion of Siberia's great railways.

Russia’s coldest region harvests first berries and mushrooms weeks ahead of schedule.

Samples taken from extinct animal’s leg during international workshop in the hope of one day bringing the hairy creature back from the dead.

Major engineering achievement will connect Russia’s largest region to Moscow by train for the first time.