PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, Russia (Reuters) -One of Russia's most active volcanoes erupted on the far eastern Kamchatka peninsula on Tuesday, shooting a vast cloud of ash far into the sky that ...

A major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 struck off Russia's sparsely populated far east on Thursday, but officials said the threat of a tsunami had passed and no damage was reported.

A helicopter carrying 22 persons went missing on Saturday in Russia’s Far East region of Kamchatka. Reports say the Mi-8 helicopter had just taken off near the Vachkazhets old volcano in the Kamchatka ...