Outspoken account of 'chaos and incompetence' after helicopter went down in Arctic, with 12 dead and 13 injured.

Vessel 'holed by drifting ice', says regional Emergency Ministry source.

Lucky escape for two reindeer that could barely walk after hours of being trapped.

Eight seamen from the sunken Amuerskaya freighter remain missing from the gold carrying freighter which sank in a storm in late October.

‘I saw 12 ships passing by all on auto pilot, I lost my voice screaming for help’, he said.

Patrol was checking for people stranded on Lake Kenon in suburbs of Chita - and found the marooned animal.

The animal is pictured at Norilsk garbage dump, a police convoy following its every move.

The Russian-registered vessel sent out Mayday signals on Sunday morning sparking a huge search and rescue operation in stormy weather conditions.

Exceptionally heavy snow falls lead to hunger and death for hardy animals. 

Mongrel becomes surrogate mother for baby big cats at village zoo in Omsk region.