Deep below the earth, we spend three days with the men and women working at the frontline to keep Russia, and the world, fuelled.

An astonishing story of the power of family bonds has seen Galina hold an emotional meeting with her siblings who last saw her as a tiny baby in 1945.

Journalist Kate Baklitskaya today begins an epic 3 month tour of some of Siberia's most iconic places.

Born in the Siberian taiga, recluse Agafya Lykova is the sole survivor of the Lykov family who cut themselves off from civilisation in 1936.

Yevgeny Tikhonov, 26, was climbing a student dormitory building in subzero temperatures; probe underway to discover how he died.

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

Geologist who built ramshackle hut 100 metres from Agafya Lykova passes away and is buried near the last place he called home.

Following a 'sighting' by local official, hunters reveal 'footprints' that do not belong to bear or any other known creature.

US, Dutch, Swiss, Swedish, South Korean, German and Russian tourists banned from leaving the area.

The German car-maker has picked out Siberia as a key area for growth.