Western countries will send some of their most hardened criminals to serve sentences in special prisons in deepest Siberia.

Offering not only the best sausages in Siberia, but also a bar and restaurant for all tastes. 

Whether you want a meal with friends, to enjoy a live rock, Irish or country band, watch live sports at any time of the day or night, or hold that key business lunch, Beerman & Grill offers all these possibilities, and more besides. 

The food is made from specially selected ingredients, and the choice of beers is international but also includes Beerman's own famous Siberian brews. 

Rampaging knifeman is shot dead by security services after shocking incident in oil city Surgut.

Once Britain was hailed around the world for its giants of science - figures like Sir Isaac Newton, Alexander Fleming and more recently Stephen Hawking.

'Dodo' flies in your hot and tasty delivery in sub-Arctic Russia.

The Tomsk club has issued a formal protest after claiming its fans were sprayed by a water jet after a goal by rivals FC Sibir.

French photographer takes a snap-shot of everyday life in Eastern Russia and falls in love with 'exotic' region.