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The billionaire owner of the New Jersey Nets running for the Russian presidency against Vladimir Putin is expected to make a formal offer to buy a leading media holding Wednesday, his representative said.

Russia has banned the hunting of polar bears this year, thanks to a group with close ties to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, a longtime defender of large endangered animals.

Leonardo DiCaprio braved turbulent skies to get to a summit devoted to saving the worlds' tigers, donating $US1 million to the cause and earning high praise from Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

A Russian environmentalist says a rare Siberian tiger fitted with a radio-tracking collar by Vladimir Putin has vanished.

Vladimir Putin has made headlines by championing the endangered Siberian tiger - posing with a cuddly cub and placing a tracking collar on a full-grown female in the wilds of his country's Far East.