Fur or other natural fabric garments protect Oymyakon cattle from getting frostbitten at -50C.

The senior politician called for a change of identity for the vast eastern third of Russia, as the country angles itself towards Asia.

Gazprom says operations are 'in full swing' with work due to start soon on iconic pipeline to provide gas on eastern route.

Drivers and passengers escaped their sinking lorries but oil is leaking into the world’s 11th longest river, prompting a local state of emergency.

Massive Siberian source of diamonds formed by an asteroid 35 million years ago can 'overturn entire world gem market'.

It should be called the 'Pacific region', he suggests.

Travel for the first time by train to Russia's diamond capital, the coldest city in the world!