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

Remarkable pictures show deer offered in-flight food by a Polar Airlines cabin attendant.

Giant holes created when pingos erupted after filling with gas.

Female meteorologists at remote weather station feel 'besieged' by hungry and menacing animals.

Here we go back in time and remember 13 remarkable moments of 2013.

Sergey Golubev from Krasnoyarsk left on a 7,120 km round trip by dinghy in July, aiming to return in September.

Homage to the remarkable bravery of sailors and troops who repelled the Germans in the only World War Two combat action in Siberia.

More craters expected to form due to such eruptions as permafrost melts - and they ARE caused by global warming releasing methane gas.

Through his extraordinary photographs, Sergey Anisimov has done more than most to show real Siberia to the world.