Siberian mountaintop lavatory is 'the most extreme toilet in the world'.

Yan - 'the only friend in my life' - was stolen in February, prompting extraordinary search by Vladimir Davydov, 77.

And take part in scientific experiment to PROVE that the leaking of harmful greenhouse gases in the Arctic can be slowed.

Air France Boeing 777 with 282 on board suffered technical failure, then the rescue aircraft sent from Paris was also grounded.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is to lead discussion of how to put Siberia on the world map of growth at the annual forum.

With a larger arch span than any in Europe, it is the new signature of Siberia's largest city.

New find at Zeleny Yar necropolis, which shows links to Persia, to be examined within weeks. 

The city of Chelyabinsk cleared up its broken glass and divers scoured a lake to find a meteorite which hit with the force of a nuclear bomb.

Elders in Altai Mountains vote to reinter mummy of ancient woman 'to stop her anger which causes floods and earthquakes'.

Scheme would allow epic journeys from London to the Japanese capital with major international crossing between Sakhalin and Hokkaido.