Skeleton of almost complete beast discovered on banks of Lena River close to Yakutsk.

Sensational underwater treasures - including mummies of Hun-era fashionistas - recaptured from oblivion.

Deputy premier Dmitry Rogozin looks to Asia as China confirms $5 billion boost for Russian Far East.

This year sees the 400th anniversary of the House of Romanov, the Russian royal family thrown on the scrapheap of history in 1917.

Roads blocked, planes diverted due to low visibility, schools shut, people advised to stay home.

Pictures prove the gruesome fate of reindeer 'to meet demands for traditional medicines in China and South Korea'.

Remnants of this land mass still exist in Russia, the US, Canada and Greenland, says groundbreaking new research.

Average temperatures in the north of the Kara and Barents seas were 4C to 5C higher than previous years.

First shipment leaves from Yamal Peninsula across the roof of the world as tankers head through the Northern Sea Route for first time.

State of emergency in Irkutsk region as President Vladimir Putin flies in amid carnage from heavy rain - with ‘worse to come’.