Hollywood star's triumph as fans go into meltdown to present the actor with top award from the heart.

It takes truly extreme cold for Yakutian students to miss out on their classes: but the big freeze has arrived (except in Chersky).

Elephants and tigers entertain public in cities along staggering 16,000km (9,950 mile) route.

Alexei Gorulenko confessed to keeping himself alive by eating human flesh, but denied killing Olga Kurochkina's husband.

First cargo train on the final link of Amur-Yakutsk line in historic expansion of Siberia's great railways.

Scientists close to precise dating of the Shigir Idol, twice as ancient as the Egyptian Pyramids.

From 'fireworks' made from nothing more than hot water in minus 50C, to surfing in the Pacific, this is the New Year on our doorstep.

As Western children salute Santa's Rudolph, here in the Sakha Republic the antlered animals are in peril from ravenous predators.

Two weeks after collecting his passport from Vladimir Putin, the Hollywood actor discloses intriguing DNA in his family tree.