Panning to be legalised in former GULAG region in bid to crackdown on black market.

Neglected by her parents as well as a 'stepfather from hell': Will no-one help this teenager stranded 6,000 miles from home?

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

Centre is one of only two repositories in the world of smallpox virus, and a key hub of research into the planet's deadliest diseases.

Boy, 11, jumped from 4th floor window engulfed by inferno; girl, 12, phoned aunt to say ‘Please tell Mum I love her'.

Scientist and senator calls for thousands of Baikal's endemic seals to be hunted.

Four people killed, six missing, 46 injured in Siberia after a river boat crash which was caused by a drunk captain, claimed police.

Mother of 'killer' Anatoly Zemlyanka echoes fears after her son is 'turned into zombie' by Islamic recruiters.

Snowboarder Vladimir Fomenko, 26, denies involvement in FBI claims that his leased servers were used to steal private data.

The badly battered body of Nastya Lutsishina was found on Saturday ending hopes she could be found alive.