Siberian tycoon is behind new $44 million franchise agreement with McDonald's.

Novosibirsk State University climbs faster up the world academic league table than other well established Russian institutions. 

Flourishing trade in souvenirs and household goods.

Real-life adventurers to a 'professional blonde' queue to participate in the ultimate brutal television reality contest, where 'rape and murder' are not banned.

Putin prepares to head to New Delhi to approve deal as Moscow looks to expand trade links with Asia.

Discovery is 'in a location where dinosaurs confounded extinction, living for a few million years longer than elsewhere on the planet'.

As closed city prepares for construction of new reactor, one scientist calls for an inquiry to address environmental concerns of past 50 years.