One estimate is half a million new jobs stemming from improvements to the Baikal-Amur Mainline link amid hopes of foreign investment.

A Novosibirsk-based businessman and traveller along with his friends are embarking on a drive from the heart of Siberia to the southernmost point of Eurasia.

Discovery of blood in creature frozen for 43,000 years is seen as major breakthrough by international team.

On 31 March, the remarkable Modelling School for People with Special Needs in Tomsk will hold its third casting session.

There are only two places in Russia where Whooper Swans come for winter.

Oksana Aslanova, 26, born in Tyumen region, named as killer in train station massacre.

Tantalising studies now underway to establish if one of two carcases preserved by permafrost has traces of world's oldest mother's milk.

Agafya Lykova rejects leaving her remote house even though debris from coming rocket launch could fall dangerously close.

New crossing on the Ob River has the longest arch span in Russia and world's largest mesh arch.

Businessman Vladislav Doronin - former partner of model Naomi Campbell - to deliver the award.