A huge diamond unearthed in Russia is said to be one of the largest ever discovered in Europe. The 390.7 carat whopper was found by the huge mining complex Alrosa…
A giant panda living at a Russian zoo gave birth to her first-ever cub and the first-ever baby panda to be born in the country, it has emerged. Phone footage…
Melting permafrost is yielding a bumper crop of mammoth tusks known as "ice ivory" which are being looted by treasure hunters in order to sell them abroad. At first glance,…
A toothless Russian tiger that had switched to eating pet dogs and attacked a policeman who was following its tracks has been caught. The police officer was pounced on by…
These images show locals pouring water on a pod of five beached Beluga whales including a calf to keep them alive so they could be refloated out to sea in…
Russian driver has to climb down and use a stick to beat reindeer off the train tracks after they refused to budge. The amusing footage shows the train in Russia's…
A young Ukrainian woman living in Germany is facing up to five years in prison over her prolific pro-Putin activism. Putin-loving Elena Kolbasnikova is accused of defending the invasion of…
Two Russians have flown over the Arctic in a hot air balloon and claim to have broken the world record for the longest non-stop flight distance in a thermal balloon.…
This is the moment a sorry-looking husky is rescued from the frozen Baltic Sea adrift far from land on an ice floe. Witnesses could barely believe their eyes when they…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has given Russian citizenship to a French journalist who accused Ukraine of carrying out massacres which have been attributed to Russia. French journalist Adrien Bocquet, also…