SWAT team ambush illegal cargo at night in open seas off coast of the Democratic People's Republic.
Eminent Siberian archeologist Professor Mikhail Shunkov challenges Western claims casting doubt on this being the work of ancient Denisovans.
The famously clear waters of Baikal - the world's deepest and oldest lake - are under threat from tourists, says leading scientist Maxim Timofeyev.
Palaeontologist says osteoporosis could have been major contributor, brought on by a lack of minerals in habitat from climate change.
Gunman wore a jacket emblazoned with a fascist swastika as he killed two and injured six.
Once I managed to make the Kremlin inhabitants to talk like human beings. But this time it was a wall far stronger than the Kremlin’s.
Anna Tereshkova unveils her ambitious plans to break old taboos and make Novosibirsk a capital of modern art.
Over thousands of years, the giant beasts came to die in the same place - but the older ones were twice the size of the final mammoth generations.
Remains of extinct 'Steppe Mammoth' could bring new leap in understanding of 200,000 year old creatures.
Unexpected find as scientists survey 'time capsule' site of 1901-02 encampment of intended North Pole explorers on remote Alger Island.