Orthodox blessing for Soyuz-2 rocket ahead of historic unmanned mission.

People evacuated after thunderstorms-with-no-rain ignite foliage and forests.

Police detained two men in Trans-Baikal region on suspicion of selling  the counterfeit liquor.

230 wildfires rage in Russia’s coldest republic of Yakutia, with state of emergency declared in Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk regions.

Plane schedules disrupted, residents warned to stay indoors, sailors had to use GPS to get back to land because of thick smoke fumes from raging forest fires.

The vehicle with Orthodox pilgrims on board flipped into a ditch and overturned down an embankment, falling 'the height of a 5 storey building’.

Vostochny 'not ready' for December Soyuz liftoff, says source in Roscosmos.

Distressing images from infernos that left 645 people without homes, and dozens injured.

One estimate is half a million new jobs stemming from improvements to the Baikal-Amur Mainline link amid hopes of foreign investment.