President on 'unofficial' holiday amid some of Russia's most spectacular scenery.

Sixty researchers will spend ten days inside Kek-Tash Cave in the Altai mountains. 

Projects in Buryatia underway despite warnings of a crisis in pollution in world's deepest lake.

Workers at new spaceport write messages to Vladimir Putin on roofs of buildings after going months without pay.

A meteor? A rocket? A military missile? An UFO? So far no explanation for the lightshow over Trans-Baikal.

Possible route could see 400km/hour bullet train pass through heart of Siberia and Altai region with stops in major cities.

Whisky proves popular in the land of vodka.

Vladimir Putin surprises a female Siberian student with flowers on her 23rd birthday but also comes face to face with a woolly mammoth.

Sinister teenagers hide behind Guy Fawlkes masks as they carry out acts of violence against helpless cat.