Move boosts armed forces capability in polar waters.
One estimate is half a million new jobs stemming from improvements to the Baikal-Amur Mainline link amid hopes of foreign investment.
Curbs will stop foreigners working in schools, as drivers on passenger transport, or in children's food production.
The city of Chelyabinsk cleared up its broken glass and divers scoured a lake to find a meteorite which hit with the force of a nuclear bomb.
Officials from Russia and North Korea say the long-waited train connection is now almost ready.
Prime Minister's eastern promise of special incentives for entrepreneurs.
Reclusive state bordering Russian Far East claims to have 'joined the ranks of advanced nuclear states'.