Rescued birds die despite efforts to clean them after major slick from tanker on coast of Sakhalin.

Waste threatens 11,000 people in Pervomaisk after 'violation of safety rules’.

An army of almost 3000 foreign workers combine with locals to get the city ready for the September APEC summit of world leaders. 

Locals undress to impress at resorts across four time zones.

'Absolutely stunning' ancient ornaments discovered with no known comparisons, presenting a puzzle for archeologists: which culture made this?

Siberian scientists make discovery of 2,500 year old Saka settlement in up to 23 metres of water in Kyrgyzstan.

An auction for Russia's largest untapped gold deposit is to be announced soon, says First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov.

Tripling of workers needed to ensure success, says deputy premier Dmitry Rogozin.

Eurasia will split in two, dividing the world's largest land mass in southern Siberia.

After archeologists dug up the ancient mummy - preserved in permafrost - natural disasters were unleashed in Siberia, court told.