Russian Circus

She had pivoted to fall feet first but crashed heavily to the ground and lay motionless in front of the terrified audience.

The Russian Defence Ministry announced the formation of the "frontline creative brigade," which would include circus performers.

A circus lion pounced on a four-year-old girl, ripping its claws into her face, during a show in southern Russia that was intended for young children, officials said Monday.

Russia on Thursday mourned Oleg Popov, a legendary Soviet-era clown who performed until he died of heart failure this week at age 86.

As the 25-year-old Frenchman battles for his life in Yokkaichi, the Formula One circus has set up camp at a new semi-street circuit created in the sprawling park built to host the 2014 winter Olympic Games last January.

For two years, a 36-year-old bear that performed during the 1980 Moscow Olympics has been kept with other retired circus animals in a rusty old bus parked on the outskirts of St Petersburg.Animal rights activists say they receive only minimal care in their cramped and stinking cages.Katya the bear was a long-time star of the Big St Petersburg State...

More than 50 animals, including parrots, monkeys and chinchillas, have died in a circus firein Russia's second largest city of St Petersburg.The fire broke out yesterday when the exotic animals had been on display in an outbuilding close to the circus, a circus spokeswoman was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti.Twenty-three parrots, 10 rabbits, six ch...

She had pivoted to fall feet first but crashed heavily to the ground and lay motionless in front of the terrified audience.

The Russian Defence Ministry announced the formation of the "frontline creative brigade," which would include circus performers.

A circus lion pounced on a four-year-old girl, ripping its claws into her face, during a show in southern Russia that was intended for young children, officials said Monday.

Russia on Thursday mourned Oleg Popov, a legendary Soviet-era clown who performed until he died of heart failure this week at age 86.

As the 25-year-old Frenchman battles for his life in Yokkaichi, the Formula One circus has set up camp at a new semi-street circuit created in the sprawling park built to host the 2014 winter Olympic Games last January.

For two years, a 36-year-old bear that performed during the 1980 Moscow Olympics has been kept with other retired circus animals in a rusty old bus parked on the outskirts of St Petersburg.Animal rights activists say they receive only minimal care in their cramped and stinking cages.Katya the bear was a long-time star of the Big St Petersburg State...

More than 50 animals, including parrots, monkeys and chinchillas, have died in a circus firein Russia's second largest city of St Petersburg.The fire broke out yesterday when the exotic animals had been on display in an outbuilding close to the circus, a circus spokeswoman was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti.Twenty-three parrots, 10 rabbits, six ch...