American convicted of grooming child was found hiding in Irkutsk.

10,000 troops involved in exercises in Omsk region and Orenburg in the southern Urals.

At least two close encounters with ‘smiley’ and playful animals were filmed in the Far East of Russia.

Russia is to launch an unmanned mission to the Moon as the first blast-off from the new Cosmodrome currently being constructed in Amur region.

New estimate puts number at 80, almost double some recent figures.

Historic cities of Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk ideal to connect country to buoyant Asian markets.

American chains Hilton and Marriott among the venues that turned away exiled former billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky's political movement.

750-metre long 'cable car' link between Russia and China across Amur River. 

Deputy premier Dmitry Rogozin looks to Asia as China confirms $5 billion boost for Russian Far East.