New evidence of climate change as blazes come six weeks early in 2014.

With smoke having blown as far as the US and Canada, experts now say 'the trend is positive' in controlling fires raging from the Urals to the Pacific.

Forest infernos will be extinguished by the weekend, pledges government, as wildfires become political issue in Moscow.

Yakutia in a white blanket as temperatures dip to minus 6C as winter 'comes too soon'.

Omsk region emergency services said number of wildfires is seven to ten times above the ‘norm’.

After a month of warm, dry weather and wildfires, the huge crater nicknamed ‘Mouth of Hell’ is now under direct threat.

The weirdest winter for decades takes a cold turn but milder weather is on the way again.

'Second Spring' arrives with rhododendron blossoming for rare encore in October.

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