Appalling conditions in Alrosa's Mir mine forces end to search on submerged level 310 some 11 days after devastating flood.

Scientist Vladimir Surdin believes 'silver clouds' were the cause of the multi-coloured night sky witnessed by thousands of people.

Bear and goats among drowned animals at two zoos after typhoon and heavy rain hits Russian Far East.

Most fires will not be extinguished, with major cities polluted by fumes.

Experts in Tomsk use pioneering techniques to solve crimes.

So far 60 birds saved but they are so thickly covered in oil they cannot fly or swim.

Residents of Krasnoyark take to boats to go to work, while an unusual July snowstorm hits Yakutia.

The 2,750 tonnes cargo of Khabarovsk-born businessman Igor Grechushkin was detained in Lebanon in 2013.