Fyodor Andreev leaves Alrosa, based in the Sakha Republic.

Couples celebrate St Valentine's Day with kissathon in Yakutsk.

Video shows how breeders corral the horses into the water, believing the island grass is more nutritious.

Previously unknown subspecies confirmed by DNA tests and probably numbering around 400.

Up to 30 shot dead after winning traditional spring reindeer races in remote Tiksi.

Despite warnings of severe temperatures, hundreds of thousands of Russians take ice dips in an annual ritual marking Christ’s baptism in the River Jordan.

Proceeds of a sale of a stake in Alrosa diamond giant will benefit local people, vows governor.

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

Fisherman keeps warm when his ice hole erupts in flames but he still netted a good catch