Tigre de Cristal under fire for 'abusing' rare big cat to promote gambling revolution.

The rare predator was caught after weeks of wandering into a village in Russian Far East.

Snow fox from Krasnoyarsk becomes a star on social networks with her artwork.

Russian ecologist says his undercover trip shows Arctic ecosystem is irreversibly damaged, as whistleblower in ecological watchdog quits and leaves town.

Odd couple are 'inseparable' as safari park keepers resist calls to split Timur the goat from Amur the tiger.

Scheme would allow epic journeys from London to the Japanese capital with major international crossing between Sakhalin and Hokkaido.

State of emergency in Irkutsk region as President Vladimir Putin flies in amid carnage from heavy rain - with ‘worse to come’.

The stunning pictures of a volcanic eruption and lava flow were taken by Liudmila and Andrew, bloggers and travellers.

The tragedy was at an industrial waste plant near the oil rich Siberian city of Khanty-Mansiysk.

No danger of radiation in the Russian Far East from blaze caused by welding accident, insist experts.