World's coldest region defies its stereotype. 

Unique crouched burials for this period - comprising seriously ill quartet - presents archeologists with a puzzle.

Probe into gas blast at Achinsk refinery in the Krasnoyarsk region.

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

Overheating phone caused 'scare in the cabin', say reports.

Pyongyang coastguards 'grossly violated' international law but were they in search of food and cigarettes? 

Elephants Magda and Jenny are poised to return to the circus ring after being saved from the intense Siberian cold - by vodka.

Does a spooky event in New England 238 years ago hold the clue to the eerie blackness that descended one week ago in Siberia?

Temperatures of up to 35C force exodus to river and lake beaches. 

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