Six infernos ravaging the region's nature have been extinguished in the past 24 hours, it is reported.

Flights late on Thursday and on Friday suffered disruption due to smog caused by blazes in dry woodland made vulnerable by the current heat wave.

Global warming spells doom for boreal forests with potentially dramatic implications for carbon release in dark taiga.

Russia’s coldest region struggles to tame fires intensified by lengthy heatwave in extreme north.

World's coldest region defies its stereotype. 

Yakutsk, currently hosting the Children of Asia International sports games was forced to halt arrivals and departures.

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

Say that again? The Arctic on fire?

Distressing images from infernos that left 645 people without homes, and dozens injured.