A child in Siberia has lost life after an outbreak of naturally occurring anthrax. The outbreak has been associated with a decades-old reindeer carcass exposed at the time of a heatwave.

A mysterious sea creature has washed up on a beach in Siberia, sparking a lot of speculation and theories about the creature. Scientists noted that the unidentified animal was apparently washed back into the sea by a storm. The strange creature was discovered on a beach near Shakhtersk Airport on Sakhalin Island in eastern Russia.

Ottawa, capital of Canada, has apparently refused to grant visas to Russia and Chinese delegates at a prestigious international astronautical conference on Monday. The refusal has not only surprised heads of Russian, Chinese space agency, but head of Canada's space agency too.

Russian Space Agency announced that four female geckos and one male, launched into space, have died. The geckos were sent into space for an experiment to test the effect of microgravity on their breeding.

The mission was part of a biology experiment of Russia's Institute of Medico-Biological Problems on the weightlessness' effect on mating.

The rise in number of people without jobs was marginal in August while the unemployment rate was satisfactory, said the country's labor agency on Thursday. This indicates that the labor market in Europe's largest economy has not stumbled significantly amid a recent downfall in economic activity.

On Friday, Russia tightened its control of the Internet, with a new decree that requires people using public Wi-Fi hotspots to provide their passport details for identification. The move has triggered protests from bloggers, and has also led to confusion among telecom operators on how the new regulation would be implemented.

On Thursday, the Russian space agency announced that Foton M4, a Russian space capsule that was launched July 18 on a two-month mission has stopped responding to commands from Earth.

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