Vladimir Putin surprises a female Siberian student with flowers on her 23rd birthday but also comes face to face with a woolly mammoth.

Nearby mothballed uranium mine caused the poisoning which led to severe drowsiness, say scientists. 

Found in Kamchatka's Valley of the Geysers, it promises a scientific breakthrough, say experts.

Bulging bumps in the Yamal and Gydan peninsulas believed to be caused by thawing permafrost releasing methane.

Probes taken by South Korean experts will reveal lifestyle of this Arctic boy from 800 years ago.

Deputy finance minister Mikhail Kotyukov, 36, given key job amid 'crisis' over science reforms.

The aim was to grow hemp for rope and insulation, without it becoming a source of the drug. 

Russia has been made officially larger following the chance discovery of a previously unknown island off the northern coast of Siberia.

Buried with stone axe and horn-tipped arrow, ancient human remains have archeologists reshaping their assumptions.