Over 300 years old, the 'jetons' - used in lieu of coins or for counting - were found along with artifacts hoarded by the Northern Selkups.

Alex Miller, who has recently taken over Sibir FC, is pleased with new team and enjoys local Irish pubs.

Hi-tech technologies have been used to track smoke plumes from forest fires burning across eastern Russia as they cross the Pacific.

Three cities east of the Urals are in the top ten for a new survey of national contentment.

Thousands of years ago woolly mammoths came here to die: but why?  The macabre ancient remains haunt local residents to this day. 

Winter comes to summer including freak hailstorms, mega-flooding but also wild fires.

Impressive official events but also emotional marches by people carrying portraits of loved ones who served in WW2.

New statistics on Saturday showed the vast scale of the human effort in Russia to halt a natural disaster that has destroyed swathes of woodland and taiga.

The zoo at Seversk - a city closed to outsiders without special permits - has unveiled its latest inhabitants, several brightly striped snakes.

Bones of 11 extinct giants discovered, plus one woolly rhinoceros: but why did they die here?