Alexey Shastakov, a prisoner in Russia's Vologda region, was able to escape his prison on board of a hijacked helicopter.

Rare species of animals live in the especially protected natural zones in the capital city of Russia.

Today, on March 13, Ka-52 (Hokum B) attack helicopter crashed during a training flight near Torzhok, Tver region.

Two locals in the Kaliningrad Region have been recognized guilty of vandalism based on political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred.

Yekaterinburg zoo has organized a special contest "Zoo Mister 2012". Red wolf Ted has become a winner, leaving four strong contenders behind.

Autoregistrars set up in the unique national park Vishtynetskiy of the Kaliningrad Region are meant to fix violations of rules of conduct in the wood, and to record statistics of wild animals.

Five people were killed and eleven injured in a fire triggered by a gas explosion in the Russian city of Engels, Saratov region, on March 10.

The police in Tuapse town of Krasnodar Territory have officially recognized activists of the Ecological Watch across the North Caucasus - Suren Gazaryan and Evgeny Vitishko - suspects in the criminal case on damage of the fence round the summer residence of Kuban governor Alexander Tkachev.

Three buildings that had the status of architecture monuments and were built in the early 20th century as a part of the ensemble of the Moscow district railway, have been destroyed this year, have been destroyed in the beginning of this year, the public movement Arkhnadzor informs.

In Romashka Settlement of the Leningrad Region ecologists have once again found infringements in recycling of animal industry wastes.