First cargo train on the final link of Amur-Yakutsk line in historic expansion of Siberia's great railways.

After a series of delays, Prime Minister orders the line to Russia’s diamond capital Yakutsk to be ready for the first passengers by July.

A $7.4 billion cash injection for Trans-Siberian and Baikal-Amur rail lines confirmed by president.

New cities and industries could be created from construction of high-speed railway and motorway routes spanning whole of country.

'We're Russian Koreans,' comes the reply.

Parents concerned about their children from huge wild cat  - or more than one - on the loose, with another terrorising Solontsovy village.

Scheme would allow epic journeys from London to the Japanese capital with major international crossing between Sakhalin and Hokkaido.

Huge economic boost from upgrade to Baikal-Amur and Trans-Siberian lines.