Police detained two men in Trans-Baikal region on suspicion of selling  the counterfeit liquor.

This evocative melody is literally the sound of Nature as a group of Russian percussionists make music on the frozen waters of breathtaking Lake Baikal.

Royal discovery made after 99-year-old code is broken by Siberian mathematics genius.

Inside the new Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Far East of Russia - exclusive pictures.

Southern Siberia hit by punishing flames causing death and destruction.

Billionaire tycoon aims to use Siberia’s hydropower to fuel legion of data centres cheaper than anywhere else in Russia.

Travel for the first time by train to Russia's diamond capital, the coldest city in the world!

In distant times, parts of California and Hawaii were administered from the city of Irkutsk.