Children aged 7 to 11 miss classes, but older students still expected to attend.

Some 3,000 at protest rally after detention of 23 year old man and his 'accomplices’.

Two Chinese companies compete to build a permafrost crossing of the Lena River.

After this year's discovery of uncongealed mammoth blood, experts are confident of new discoveries.

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

Gems and precious metals rain over Russia’s coldest region as police and secret services stage emergency search.

It may be -40C outside but that did not put off fearless Irish strongman from pouring water over his head.

Prosecutors probe flight from Yakutsk to Batagai as leaked video is flagged by local media.