Major engineering achievement will connect Russia’s largest region to Moscow by train for the first time.

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.

Vostochny 'not ready' for December Soyuz liftoff, says source in Roscosmos.

New route connecting (almost) to diamond capital Yakutsk faces funding and contractor crisis causing delay.

Two Chinese companies compete to build a permafrost crossing of the Lena River.

Assembly of Soyuz-2.1a rocket has begun at new cosmodrome as country prepares for new space era.

Russian president calls for Asian money to back the transport revolution in Siberia.

Dozens of major tremors recorded this year as scientists monitor 'unusually strong seismic activity' that will one day tear continent in half.

Inside the new Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Far East of Russia - exclusive pictures.

Target for cosmonauts to fly from Vostochny spaceport in 2018 is scrapped.