The flame warms Siberia and even takes a dip in Lake Baikal en route to the Sochi Winter Games.

Anastasia Strashevskaya, 18, from Novosibirsk vows to keep studying as she qualifies for casting for the Miss Russia pageant.

Proposals have been made for high speed trains to run on two routes between Omsk and Novosibirsk, and Novosibirsk and Krasnoyarsk.

At Akademgorodok, and a real favourite of this guide. Don't be fooled by the exterior, from the candlelit lobby this brilliant restaurant gives you the warmest welcome no matter how cold it is. In summer, there is also patio eating outside. 

A truly fine wine list and a mixture of sumptuous European, Asian and modern Russian food, plus a young and dedicated staff who ensure that your lunch or dinner will be memorable. 

One of Denis Ivanov's excellent restaurants in Novosibirsk and not always the one that attracts most media plaudits but for us this is a gem, showing the new Russia at its finest. 

Is global warming the real cause of the raging wildfires sweeping this Siberian republic? 

Cargo with 650 fragments from the extinct beasts was held in Vladivostok after illegal export from Yakutia.

The anti-Kremlin campaigner will serve remaining time in jail clinic in Siberia.

Retired paratrooper aged 102 keeps secret how he cast his ballot in Tyumen.