Pipeline will go through pristine Altai Mountains in supply route seen as economically vital by Kremlin.
Ecologists from several countries lost battle to poachers who caught an endangered dark-feathered bird.
He is believed to be 20, born in the wild, never went to school, received no vaccinations, and was cut off from civilisation.
Dating back 40,000 years to the Denisovan species of early humans, new pictures show beauty and craftsmanship of prehistoric jewellery.
Siberian-born gun-maker sought guidance from Russia's top churchman.
It's official - Siberia is to stop being one of the only places on earth where you cannot buy a McDonald's hamburger.