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Relatives honour Siberian-born war hero who 'loved Russia and died for Russia'

Oleg Peshkov was killed when the Turkish air force downed his Su-24 over Syria as he battled terrorists.

North Korean leader in clandestine Siberian visit?

Intelligence officials in Seoul expressed surprise over a secret 'unknown visit' to eastern Russia by the Communist country's head of state Kim Jong-un.

Clear signs of Arctic warming proven by... gulls and ducks

A new study of some of the world's most remote islands show there are dramatic climate changes since detailed research by Soviet scientists 55 years ago.

Daughter honours her pilot father, killed after safely crash landing US plane in Arctic

Avelina Antsiferova fulfilled her life's dream when she sat in cockpit of wartime Douglas C-47, 69 years after kissing her papa goodbye for last time.

Giant new 50-metre deep 'crater' opens up in Arctic tundra

Blocks of soil and ice thrown hundreds of metres from epicentre of the funnel at the Yamal peninsula.

City of Khabarovsk faces evacuation of tens of thousands if Amur River keeps rising

The second largest city of the Russian Far East faces nervous hours and days to see if its dikes hold back the deluge.

Major archeological sites discovered on route of proposed Altai gas pipe

Burial grounds dating from the Scythian period several thousand years ago lie on the line of the expected gas pipe linking Russia and China.

Putin vows not to 'trade' Kuril Islands, and puts accent on economic development

Russian president hints at possible future 'compromises' on dispute over the islands, as 2nd Eastern Economic Forum opens in Vladivostok.

North Korean leader in clandestine Siberian visit?

Intelligence officials in Seoul expressed surprise over a secret 'unknown visit' to eastern Russia by the Communist country's head of state Kim Jong-un.