China is getting closer to European markets due to 'monumental change' wrought by global warming off Siberia's Arctic coast.
Russian number one admits pride when announcers say she hails from the remote oil town of Nyagan.
More than a dozen animals killed by self-appointed executioner and dumped by a river near lakeside town.
The manoeuvres involved around 160,000 troops, 5,000 tanks, 130 combat aircraft and 70 warships.
Now standing almost two metres tall, zoo’s new arrival is beginning to win her battle for survival.
Pictures show 1,835 men, women and children 'smash record' in the Siberian sun.
Move boosts armed forces capability in polar waters.
Antidote to gloomy news in the world as 1,525 wear swimsuits for annual Siberian snow festival.