President meets with people affected and pledges support, new homes and financial aid to ensure Khakassia can rebuild.

As much as two billion tonnes can be extracted from open-cast site over the next 167 years with hopes it can transform rural region.

Head of state believed to be in scenic Khakassia after his presidential plane spotted in Abakan.

As one area continues to fight blaze, communities in tragedy-hit Khakassia show that human spirit and togetherness can prevail.

Aged 68, she has never seen a town - and refused a helicopter ride to hospital.

Patient breaks out of hospital wearing only a bed sheet in search of his favourite brew, seemingly oblivious to an outside temperature of minus 16C.

An ancient doll and a mythical animal were buried with a child from the Okunev culture in the Bronze Age.

Hopes fade of finding 13 people, six weeks after Tyva Avia aircraft went missing in remote and mountainous region.

Russia’s coldest region harvests first berries and mushrooms weeks ahead of schedule.

Summer 2020 follows unusually hot and dry spring in swinging between the extremes.