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

Tuesday is Christmas Day across Russia, so we wish you Merry Christmas from Siberia.

Seven year old Raul Kutliakhmetov was trying to rescue his best friend - a stray dog - stuck in three-metre deep roadside service shaft.

Earlier reports suggested organised gangs seek to sell gyrfalcons on the black market for as much as $50,000 each. 

Archeological evidence from the Altai region makes clear the arrival of Homo erectus from Africa can be dated at between 800,000 and one million years ago.

British man to become the first in the world to ride from Pacific to Atlantic ocean.

Vets failed to save bullterrier who kept his master warm on cold nights as pair avoided attack by bears and wolves.

Local reindeer herder witnessed the tundra explosion that led to birth of new hole in river.