Hallucinations from new synthetic substance made man think his home was full of gas and he needed to save his son.

The anglers became trapped in mouth of Silinka River as it joins the Amur River.

Snow fox from Krasnoyarsk becomes a star on social networks with her artwork.

Russian ecologist says his undercover trip shows Arctic ecosystem is irreversibly damaged, as whistleblower in ecological watchdog quits and leaves town.

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

Scheme would allow epic journeys from London to the Japanese capital with major international crossing between Sakhalin and Hokkaido.

State of emergency in Irkutsk region as President Vladimir Putin flies in amid carnage from heavy rain - with ‘worse to come’.