Vladimir Putin is committed to reversing Russia's declining birth rate but his plans have been hit hard by high casualty ...

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT. Vladimir Putin has headed off to a his secret mountain retreat in Siberia where he is said to have spent the week bathing "in the blood of young deer" ...

It was reported last year that sufficient quantities of food has been stashed here to feed up to 300 people ‘for several ... some 135 miles south of the Altai Republic regional capital Gorno ...

His 'Flying Kremlin' Ilyushin 96-300 disappeared from radar screens over the remote Altai region in Siberia, after a flight from Moscow ...

Over the past week, Russian forces repelled 35 attempts by Ukrainian troops and foreign mercenaries to break through into the Lugansk People’s Republic ... and Altai, the top Russian diplomat ...

It's been 30 years since the first Chechen war when Moscow attacked the breakaway Chechen Republic ... A boarding school housing displaced people was destroyed in the Ukrainian-occupied part ...

Olkhon Island and Lake Baikal on which it sits, are sacred to the indigenous Buryat people who adorn parts of the island with ... incredible natural salt sculptures are revealed in unique patterns. 19 ...

"This event is incredibly significant," said Zauri Kazakpaev, head of the Russian Altai Republic delegation. "Our four neighboring countries have long maintained close economic and cultural ties ...

Eight people were also taken to hospital with burns and around 30 people were evacuated from the restaurant and a nearby building, the fire rescue service said. The injured were treated in ...