Serious and immaculate, her haunting image is barely visible on tsarist-era Krasnoyarsk pictures, only spotted now, with new technology.

Russia's coldest region is up to 20C milder than average this month, say meteorologists. 

Abnormally hot May weather resembles midsummer with air temperatures as high as +35C.

Ukraine has moved its Consulate General from Vladivostok to Novosibirsk. The former Soviet state has other Consultates General around Russia already.

Damage from wave of floods already labelled 'catastrophic' with worse to come as Russian president Vladimir Putin demands: 'Put people first'.

If they can't be bothered to clean up their garbage, they've got to pay. 

Some regions parched, others underwater in latest meteorological surprises.

The modernised MiG-31BM fighter interceptor has been shown in action in Siberia after deployment at the Kansk Air Base in Krasnoyarsk region.

The feminist activist re-appears after 24 days 'lost' on a jail transfer.