Trans Siberian trains are on schedule despite rivers breaking their banks and plans to evacuate the gateway of Khabarovsk.

Wide-body aircraft being used for passengers flying into Sabetta International as region gears up to become a gas powerhouse.

Now aged 71, Ted Kohner, son of Chaliapin's daughter Tatiana, is making his first visit from the US to the motherland of his iconic opera singer grandfather.

The documents are expected to help Japan understand the fate of thousands of PoWs in Siberia after the end of the Second World War.

Average temperatures in the north of the Kara and Barents seas were 4C to 5C higher than previous years.

Highly prized victory comes without a shot in anger after 13 year battle in the corridors of the United Nations.

Roads blocked, planes diverted due to low visibility, schools shut, people advised to stay home.

A new deal between Viktor Vekselberg's Renova and Vladimir Potanin's Interros will see Yemelyanovo Airport become one of the most modern in Russia.

Reclusive state bordering Russian Far East claims to have 'joined the ranks of advanced nuclear states'.