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.

And take part in scientific experiment to PROVE that the leaking of harmful greenhouse gases in the Arctic can be slowed.

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

One man's carelessness causes 'fire tornado' which destroys 59 houses, another avoidable blaze razes 17 homes, as state of emergency called.

A gargantuan investment in economic development across many eastern Russian regions was confirmed in Irkutsk by En+ Group.

Intense search reveals no sign of Mil Mi-8 lost early Saturday with 12 people on board.

'Six die' as bridges swept away and 7,600 evacuated after heavy rains.

Kids learn how to tell apart a dog and wolf footprint, to make a LED torch, how a hydraulic unit works, and who a bear wakes first.

The new low fare routes subsidised by the government will help Siberians from Norilsk to Khabarovsk.