Focus placed on the Far East of Russia, with duty-free zone, tax incentives, and lower costs for ships.

People evacuated after thunderstorms-with-no-rain ignite foliage and forests.

Schoolchildren of all ages are asked to stay home as gusts of wind reach 29 metres per second.

Yakutia in a white blanket as temperatures dip to minus 6C as winter 'comes too soon'.

Vice Premier sees scope to make Arctic 'ours forever' with plans to harness resources and help protect fragile environment.

New geological evidence shows polar 'submarine elevations' as 'natural components' of Siberian continental land mass.

Global warming spells doom for boreal forests with potentially dramatic implications for carbon release in dark taiga.

Retiree went out fishing but got lost on his way home in first whiteout of autumn.