All public events cancelled, extra protection for children as they go to kindergarten and school.
Around 20 beasts have surrounded Ryrkaypiy, with one bear cub trying to get into a house through the window.
Expedition finds shocking evidence of illegal hunting of Russian Red Book animals.
Staff and passengers at Nyagan airport in fear of bear patrolling the runway and trying to break into terminal.
Amazing footage shows the bears just 150 metres from the nearest house as shooting is criticised - but does little to deter predators.
Our map shows the attacks by bears on humans across a swathe of Siberia and the Russian Far East.
The authorities in Bratsk have received more than 60 calls from residents complaining of bears on the streets and close to houses.
43 bears arrive to feast on two rare Red List whales washed ashore close to far-flung settlement.
This animal and its lost mother wandered some 700 km too far south 'because they couldn't go north' and got confused.
Female meteorologists at remote weather station feel 'besieged' by hungry and menacing animals.