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.

With a larger arch span than any in Europe, it is the new signature of Siberia's largest city.

Projects in Buryatia underway despite warnings of a crisis in pollution in world's deepest lake.

Falling demand for seats, problems with the rouble, and fluctuating exchange rates force Yakutia Airlines to axe three planes.

The Okhotsk Sea quake registered 8.3 on the Richter Scale at a depth of 600km, and prompted a tsunami warning. 

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.

Everyone knows that Istanbul is the city of contrasts; much less known is that Novosibirsk is the city of start-ups. 

Yan - 'the only friend in my life' - was stolen in February, prompting extraordinary search by Vladimir Davydov, 77.

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