Marina Fokina, 34, screamed at beast: 'Eat me but don't touch my child.'

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

Flights late on Thursday and on Friday suffered disruption due to smog caused by blazes in dry woodland made vulnerable by the current heat wave.

Hi-tech technologies have been used to track smoke plumes from forest fires burning across eastern Russia as they cross the Pacific.

Colourful election as bears, tigers and half-naked gymnasts vote in record-breaking result.

Seasonal greetings from the east of Russia where there are no less than seven different Father Christmas figures to bring joy to children in winter. 

With smoke having blown as far as the US and Canada, experts now say 'the trend is positive' in controlling fires raging from the Urals to the Pacific.

Six holy men summon players' ancestors, begging for support in the game against Spain.

One of country’s most prominent politicians believes the capital should be located further away from its Western borders.