This time of winter sees the remarkable grandmother, 76, gliding across the ice on the world’s deepest lake on skates made in WW2.
Monuments to the Bolshevik leader are the key to a new competitive sport called Lenining.
As one area continues to fight blaze, communities in tragedy-hit Khakassia show that human spirit and togetherness can prevail.
Marina Fokina, 34, screamed at beast: 'Eat me but don't touch my child.'
Bear and goats among drowned animals at two zoos after typhoon and heavy rain hits Russian Far East.
Scientist warns of 'environmental disaster' due to 'irreversible' pollution in world's deepest and oldest lake.
Greenpeace claim authorities underestimate the scale of destruction, amid warnings of lack of resources to fight fires.
Officially Colin Madsen, 25, died from hypothermia on a hiking trip in Buryatia, but his family are convinced he was killed.
Journey 'in search of my father', as joint Russian-American expedition sets out to bring home crashed wartime Douglas C-47 from tundra.