Recent reports showed 89 wildfires in Siberia and 25 in the Russian Far East as a new season of damage to forests gets underway.

Air France Boeing 777 with 282 on board suffered technical failure, then the rescue aircraft sent from Paris was also grounded.

City of 180,000 is just 26 km from ‘waking’ Avachinsky on Pacific’s ring of fire.

Russians grieving over damage to magical forests surrounding Siberia's jewel.

Ecology groups warn that the extent of fires in forests and taiga has been misreported by up to 159 times compared with satellite evidence of the grim facts.

Demands increased on 3 August for a 'state of emergency' to be declared on the world's fifth longest river due to a catastrophic shortage of water.

Flights late on Thursday and on Friday suffered disruption due to smog caused by blazes in dry woodland made vulnerable by the current heat wave.

'All forest wildfires extinguished' in Siberian Federal District, say officials, but peat flames still raging.

New discovery of rare crystal Rosenbergite at 'burning ice' site where earth is hot despite temperatures of minus 35C.

Southern Siberia hit by punishing flames causing death and destruction.