Christians around the world will mark Epiphany on Jan. 6 with a series of celebrations.

Authorities say an apparent gas explosion in an apartment building in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk has killed at least seven people including a 2-year-old child.

Russian regional authorities say a Russian warplane slammed into a residential building in the Siberian city of Irkutsk, killing both crewmembers but causing no casualties on the ground.

A private company that uses satellites to find sources of methane emissions around the globe said Wednesday that it detected one of the largest releases of the potent greenhouse gas ever seen, coming from a coal mine in Russia earlier this year.

A Russian court has ordered five people to remain in pre-trial detention for two months pending an investigation into a devastating blast in a coal mine in Siberia that resulted in dozens of deaths.

Russian authorities have released the names of 51 presumed victims of a devastating methane explosion in a coal mine in Siberia, a toll that makes the accident the deadliest since 2010.

Russian officials say 52 miners and rescuers have died after a devastating blast in a Siberian coal mine about 250 meters (820 feet) underground.

Before our snowfall projections, we want to start by explaining a few factors that are influencing this year’s forecast, like La Niña and Siberian snow cover. This year, we are dealing with La Niña conditions, which are described as cooler than average temperatures in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Perú. La Niña means cooler Pacific Ocean waters off the coast of Perú (WSLS)In the Southeastern United States, we usually experience warmer and drier conditions during a La Niña winter. The tropics have an inverse effect on how active winter is in the Eastern United States. Roanoke’s average snowfall is 18.5 inches, while the New River Valley gets 22 inches and the Highlands receives 24 inches of snow.

In this August 2020, photo, provided by Alexei Navalny's team, Ksenia Fadeyeva, right, poses for a photo with Alexei Navalny in Tomsk, Russia. Fadeyeva runs the regional headquarters in the Siberian city and is running for the Tomsk city council. (Andrei Fateyev/Alexei Navalny's team via AP)MOSCOW – The main Kremlin party has retained its dominance in regional elections across Russia, but the opposition made gains in some areas, according to early official results released Monday. Voters in dozens of Russian regions cast ballots Sunday to elect regional governors, members of provincial legislatures and city councils. Navalny’s associates have accused the Kremlin of ordering the poisoning, a claim Russian officials have vehemently rejected.

Google Maps(CNN) - Rescuers on Sunday mounted a desperate search for survivors after a dam at a Siberian gold mine collapsed on Saturday, killing at least 15 people. Six people remained unaccounted after the dam collapsed near a settlement on the Seiba River in the region of Kransnoyarsk, approximately 2,500 miles east of Moscow, the Russian Emergencies Ministry for the Krasnoyarsk Region said. The ministry released images of first responders arriving in the remote region of Shchetinkino by helicopter to conduct search and rescue operations. According to the Emergencies Ministry, 174 people lived in the settlement. Krasnoyarsk Governor Alexander Uss said lax construction standards and weather conditions were among the possible causes of the dam break, Russian state news agency RIA-Novosti reported.

(CNN) - Vladimir Putin has often been pictured stripped to the waist during his relaxing breaks, but this weekend Russia's president remained fully clothed as he hiked in southern Siberia's mountains ahead of his birthday. In photos and video footage released by the Kremlin, Putin -- who turned 67 on Monday -- is seen walking through the wilderness with his defense minister, Sergei Shoigu, picking wild mushrooms near a spot overlooking the banks of the Yenisei River. During a trip in 2009, Putin was pictured riding shirtless on horseback and, two years ago, the bare-chested president was captured fishing in the Siberian wilderness. The-CNN-Wire & 2019 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company. All rights reserved.

The Kremlin has released video of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Siberian taiga ahead of his 67th birthday.

ACHINSK, Russia - A state of emergency has been declared in a Siberian district where a fire at a military warehouse used to store artillery shells set off a series of huge explosions, Russian state news agency TASS reported. Thousands of residents are being evacuated from the 20 kilometer (12 mile) zone around the base near the city of Achinsk, TASS said, quoting the Russian Emergencies Ministry. Emergency personnel have been sent to the area, according to a statement from Achinsk district officials. It's not yet clear what caused the warehouse fire, but vast wildfires have been blazing in Siberia for weeks, fueled by exceptionally hot weather. In Siberia, the fires span an area almost the size of Belgium, Reuters reported, while others are raging in Greenland and parts of Alaska.

A young woman poses for pictures by a Novosibirsk energy plant's ash dump site, nicknamed the local "Maldives," on July 11, 2019 (ROSTISLAV NETISOV/AFP/Getty Images). The man-made lake is a stunningly gorgeous shade of turquoise -- which seems to be the reason why people are flocking there to take photos for Instagram. The Washington Post said it best: The Siberian lake isnt a natural wonder. Here are some good excerpts:Last week, our ash dump (was) the star of social networks.You cannot swim in the ash dump. The bottom of the ash dump is muddy!