Here are some seasonal pictures as western Siberia gets its debut whiteout of the autumn.
The weirdest winter for decades takes a cold turn but milder weather is on the way again.
With all Siberia's seven time zone now below zero, this theory seems mad.
Confused plants bloom in Sayano-Shushenskiy reserve in Central Siberia, strawberry ripen in the Far East of Russia.
Russia's coldest region is up to 20C milder than average this month, say meteorologists.
After a month of warm, dry weather and wildfires, the huge crater nicknamed ‘Mouth of Hell’ is now under direct threat.
Wild hoofed animals are in peril in the Far East of Russia due to exceptionally heavy snow falls which are covered by an ice crust.
Vapour trail casts ghostly spectre above Altai just minutes after rocket carrying satellite blasts off into space.