At least 90 left homeless in one village after raging infernos, say reports.
With Russia on Covid-19 lockdown, 77 houses were burned down in Novosibirsk and Kemerovo regions.
Distressing images from infernos that left 645 people without homes, and dozens injured.
At least three are dangerously close to population centres in Irkutsk region.
The vehicle with Orthodox pilgrims on board flipped into a ditch and overturned down an embankment, falling 'the height of a 5 storey building’.
In separate case, members of a 'bird mafia' illegally snaring and exporting Red Book hawks and falcons to Middle East were detained in Buryatia.
Fears over highly toxic rocket propellant after Baikonur launch failure.
Waste threatens 11,000 people in Pervomaisk after 'violation of safety rules’.
Heavy rains engulf TransBaikal region with a dozen railway bridges destroyed and 15 more damaged.