Three cities east of the Urals are in the top ten for a new survey of national contentment.
Siberian scientists make discovery of 2,500 year old Saka settlement in up to 23 metres of water in Kyrgyzstan.
Speculation that reclusive dictator's debut foreign trip will see him visit Khabarovsk in September.
Tomsk researchers were the first in the world to catch the enigmatic germ.