New four times a week link between Beijing and Vladivostok.
Exports overseas increase to highest levels in seven years but Russia still slips behind rivals as Asia turns to other countries for wood.
Premier Dmitry Medvedev wants the bloc to take measures promoting regional security.
Cartoon - featuring the Walt Disney character having nightmare about life in Nazi Germany - removed from banned list.
Findings pave the way for a 1.2 million square kilometre claim to the UN on hydrocarbon drilling rights.
New survey shows that the kingdom remains a favourite destination for Siberians.
Confused plants bloom in Sayano-Shushenskiy reserve in Central Siberia, strawberry ripen in the Far East of Russia.
Drivers in the Far East of Russia could receive a discount on new Russian-manufactured Japanese cars.
The country's top diplomat denied Moscow was aiming to develop relations in Asia at the expense of contacts with Europe.