Seven year old Raul Kutliakhmetov was trying to rescue his best friend - a stray dog - stuck in three-metre deep roadside service shaft.
Unique archeological and paleontological sites face destruction from gangs seeking to raid and sell prehistoric remains.
Amazing Karina Chikitova in 2014 captured the hearts of people around the world after staying alive with her dog in wild: now she is thriving.
Her dog saved her by caring for Karina for nine days then returning home and guiding rescuers to her.
Almost 3 million hectares on fire, including Arctic, with fumes having hit area larger than European Union.
'And I very much hope that the law in Russian is not an empty vessel, and the people in our country are prohibited from eating one another'.
Heartbroken zoo keepers said the mating season's attack was 'unprecedented’.
Amazing scenes as Russia’s iciest region of Yakutia plunges to near record lows, and even the thermometer in the world’s coldest village breaks down.
He confessed that he and a friend cannibalised another member of their group who died in the extreme cold, say investigators.