Yury Obraztsov, 54, was beaten, whipped and fed on animal food for 3 years after going missing in 2014.

Defences were breached in Komsomolsk-on-Amur engulfing several villages, as forced evacuation rise.

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.

How a poacher turned gamekeeper is helping the survival of these endangered cats.

Communist Party want cheeky feline to join ranks and become a ‘revolutionary’ to inspire others after exploits in upmarket duty free shop.

Distressed leopardess killed - then ate - her cubs caught in illegal loop-trap.

Odd couple are 'inseparable' as safari park keepers resist calls to split Timur the goat from Amur the tiger.

Sardana Avksentyeva swept to power as mayor of Russia’s diamond capital in September.

Desperate plea by teen whose American mother sent her aged 15...to Siberia.

Beast kills trekker's dog, but exhausted Andrey Ilyushits, 43, survived clinging to branches in Kemerovo region.