A future international tourist bonanza is being brewed on the historic Great Tea Road.

Couple unearth remains of 'rich' female buried up to 1,000 years ago with her rare Chinese bronze mirror.

Kristina B, 14, and Valeria K, 15, confessed to killing their 'friend' Sofya (Sonya) Potapova after drinking session.

On her last trip in 1993, Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn visited Buddhist republic of Buryatia.

Dazzling white 'sand', perfect sunshine, blue waves on the horizon, friends, a great mood… and minus 20C

Pristine forests around the world's oldest lake go up in flames.

Some regions parched, others underwater in latest meteorological surprises.

'Spy plane' was monitoring Siberia under Open Skies treaty aimed at reducing tension after Cold War.

'All forest wildfires extinguished' in Siberian Federal District, say officials, but peat flames still raging.