A suspected cannibal is to be given a lie detector test this week in a bid to resolve the mysterious case of the fisherman 'eaten by his friends'.

Haunting beauty of massive hole as scientists examine frozen lake formed after giant blowout.

Greenpeace is demanding the Russian government blocks a major Gazprom link to Shanghai across one of Siberia's most sacred wildernesses.

Yana Tamocheva became lost while picking berries with her mother in Krasnoyarsk region.

Pictures show child from Middle Ages as he is unwrapped after his remains were 'accidentally preserved' close to Arctic.

The second largest city of the Russian Far East faces nervous hours and days to see if its dikes hold back the deluge.

Unique Paleolithic prize for scientists, a jaw of an early human who 'feasted on woolly mammoth' - but may have been cannibalised. 

Police say he hanged himself but his grieving wife does not believe he would take his own life.

Heart-wrenching but inspiring story of romance emerges as 96 year old Japanese ex-PoW pens emotional last letter to his dead Russian wife.