Vostochny's debut blastoff will be next year, hopefully spring, a delay of at least four months.
Problems may not be over yet, warn meteorologists, as police are on high alert in 14 areas.
Radical plans to boost the economies of Eastern Siberia and the Far East are emerging in Moscow, say news reports.
Orthodox blessing for Soyuz-2 rocket ahead of historic unmanned mission.
'Safe, order, jobs, proper business practice. Why? Not because of three or four articles in London newspapers'.
A group of Russian billionaires spent over 3 million euro at French auction to buy historic papers of the man who tried - and failed - to halt Bolsheviks.
The Chinese media - and even more the country's social media - saw glamorous new first lady Peng Liyuan as the star of the summit.
Assembly of Soyuz-2.1a rocket has begun at new cosmodrome as country prepares for new space era.
Flights late on Thursday and on Friday suffered disruption due to smog caused by blazes in dry woodland made vulnerable by the current heat wave.