'And I very much hope that the law in Russian is not an empty vessel, and the people in our country are prohibited from eating one another'.

The final of the World Women's Chess Championship began with a draw at the culmination of this major international event in Khanty-Mansiysk.

Russian president hints at possible future 'compromises' on dispute over the islands, as 2nd Eastern Economic Forum opens in Vladivostok.

Russia could get a major boost from an influx of Chinese visitors.

New scientific discovery of a 'novel type of luciferin' making the Siberian Luminous Earthworm glow in the dark.

Sardana Avksentyeva swept to power as mayor of Russia’s diamond capital in September.

A renaissance of one of Siberia's first outposts as the Far North becomes the new economic frontier.