'Turn to the East', which started a year ago, is gaining popularity

The Russian-registered vessel sent out Mayday signals on Sunday morning sparking a huge search and rescue operation in stormy weather conditions.

The navigator, who served in the Navy of Peter the Great, gave his name to the Bering Strait, the Bering Sea, Bering Island, Bering Glacier and Bering Bridge.

A chase of the Sierra Leone registered Sapsan came after the vessel was detected in Russian waters by border patrol boat Argal.

Footprints of the world’s biggest cat found in Yakutia, the planet’s coldest permanently inhabited region.

Leaders of the Free Willy project beg the president to intervene with trapped orca and beluga whales.

Dmitry Medvedev promises economic and military development of territory disputed since the end of World War Two.

First cargo train on the final link of Amur-Yakutsk line in historic expansion of Siberia's great railways.

The recording comes as several people get killed and wounded in recent 'worst-ever' bear attacks.