Memorandum of understanding will see construction of major projects including new refinery and upgrade to port.

Drivers take 12 days covering 7,000km to see how new 'plug-in' rechargeable cars cope with climate and landscape.

Clinical trials set to start on cheaper, safer and more efficient stent created by experts in Novosibirsk and Tomsk.

After more than a month away from his mountain cave, 100-year-old lama will soon be taken on journey back to cave from where he was stolen.

Despite the cold weather, growers in Irkutsk are managing to sell their own fruit developed in greenhouses and pollinated by foreign bees.

Renowned scientist says temperatures could 'rise twice faster' in Yakutia than the rest of the world.