Rescuers save Natalya Pasternak, 55, who is now fighting for her life.
One region has shot 58 ravaging brown bears this year because they intrude too close to settlements, destroying livestock.
As the world prepares to herald in the arrival of 2015, we look back at the winter celebrations of the Soviet yesteryear.
It is only in the vastness of Siberia, perhaps, where a crowdfunded recce trip can lead to such a jaw-dropping discovery...
Construction has begun on a Park Inn by Radisson hotel in Novosibirsk with its opening planned for 2014.
Air Moldova proudly announced its latest destination to a city it called the 'Unofficial Capital of Crude Oil'.
Heavy snow falls in recent days cause mayhem in Russia's 'San Francisco'.
The 25 metre tall tree in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk burns to ashes in minutes as fireworks usher in 2018 across Russia.
It might be snowing and cold outside, but inside Zhukovka it will always be 12 degrees… though it can rain on command!