Russia’s coldest region harvests first berries and mushrooms weeks ahead of schedule.

With forest fires still burning across Siberia, hot summer temperatures are moving across the continent.

Summer 2020 follows unusually hot and dry spring in swinging between the extremes.

Recent days have seen Siberia's nickel capital hotter than Nice and on a par with Naples.

'Second Spring' arrives with rhododendron blossoming for rare encore in October.

World's coldest region defies its stereotype. 

Average temperatures in the north of the Kara and Barents seas were 4C to 5C higher than previous years.

Omsk region emergency services said number of wildfires is seven to ten times above the ‘norm’.