The founder of the Russian band Cream Soda, whose music was used during anti-war protests in Russia, died after falling through the ice while crossing Russia’s Volga River on Sunday.

The skull of the new species, dubbed "Luskhan itilensis," meaning the Master Spirit from the Volga river, is 1.5m in length, indicating a large animal.

This week, Russian Life takes you to the Volga Delta near Astrakhan, where Europe’s largest river flows into the Caspian Sea. This unique environment makes the region a fisherman’s dream. Far from the ...

A new type of swimming reptile has been discovered in Russia on the banks of the Volga River. It has been given the Mongolian name for the river, meaning spirit of the water. The reptile – a new ...

The area around the stadium and the fan festival zone have been treated with repellents, which they say are safe for humans and animals. Volgograd, which is in the southeast of the country, has ...

Russia has declared July 12 a day of mourning after more than 100 people, including many children, drowned when their overcrowded cruise boat sank in the Volga River. Raynur Shakir of RFE/RL's ...

Restrictions were also in place for a time at airports along the Volga River. Russian air defence units destroy two drones headed for Moscow, mayor says Skip to main content ...

Aesop, a slave in Ancient Greece, is credited with invoking talking animals to tell tales about morality. In Russia, images of animals carry coded meaning. There is a herd of examples, such as ...

Created in 1919, this vast expanse of land 30,000 kilometres square is a wildlife paradise. Humans are few and far between. ... From their camp sites on the banks of the Volga river, ...

Another important discovery made on the Volga River banks is an ichthyosaur Leniniastellans, ... The remains of the six-meter long animal - which was around 20 cm in diameter ...

The beast was identified through seven of its vertebrae, which had been stuck inside a cliff for more than 130million years before erosion washed the bones up on the banks of the Volga river near ...