Details revealed on lunar plans in coming decades.

Hearse impounded in Russian Far East contained $160,000 worth of the prized delicacy.

At least 30,000 homes are hit by flooding in Amur region, with Vladimir Putin ordering more emergency aid to stricken people.

Russian army in battle to erect dikes to hold back the swirling Amur River as evacuations begin in low-lying areas.

The swollen Amur River reached a depth of 910 cm near Komsomolsk-on-Amur on Sunday, with fears it could hit 940cm. 

The mayor of Vladivostok is fed up with Moscow being asleep when he needs key decisions to be made.

The Russian government is to give priority to Siberia and the Far East as it puts modernisation on fast-forward, insists Dmitry Medvedev.

Vessel 'holed by drifting ice', says regional Emergency Ministry source.