Worried about the rapid destruction of permafrost from global warming? Here's how you can counter it by restoring the woolly mammoth habitat.

A deal would be the biggest Chinese equity participation in onshore oil in Russia.

Workers at new spaceport write messages to Vladimir Putin on roofs of buildings after going months without pay.

Sardana Avksentyeva swept to power as mayor of Russia’s diamond capital in September.

Law enforcement officers sought to 'force confessions from students' in case of US citizen Colin Madsen, found dead in Buryatia.

Homes underwater in this Far East city, but Russia escapes the worst of destruction.

Almost 3 million hectares on fire, including Arctic, with fumes having hit area larger than European Union.

Nicknamed Forrest Gump, he completes a 9,905 kilometre odyssey braving temperatures as low as minus 48C on his 18 month adventure.

Russia is offering the best tax incentives in the world to create its own Vegas near Vladivostok. 

More than 20,000 residents were moved as rivers burst their banks with forecasts of worsening flooding later this week.