On 31 March, the remarkable Modelling School for People with Special Needs in Tomsk will hold its third casting session.

Giant Great Grey Owl hitches a lift on epic 5,700 mile journey to Moscow after injuring itself hunting.

Toxic fuel from 21,000 ton leak reaches pristine lake, bypassing floating booms, as rivers of diesel pollution cover-up is exposed.

Latest survivors give harrowing accounts of how they feared they would drown in underground tidal wave.

Permafrost remains of long-gone woolly rhinos, mammoths and cave lions bring intriguing scientific breakthrough.

Businessman has spoken candidly over the controversial events of the 1990s, admitting he paid protection money to criminal gangs. 

Mother-of-two buried alive in forest prepares to be transferred to another hospital for treatment to start.

The Tu-104A was once revered around the world, and is now in the process of being brought back to its former glory.

Russian ecologist says his undercover trip shows Arctic ecosystem is irreversibly damaged, as whistleblower in ecological watchdog quits and leaves town.