Radical plans to boost the economies of Eastern Siberia and the Far East are emerging in Moscow, say news reports.
Exports overseas increase to highest levels in seven years but Russia still slips behind rivals as Asia turns to other countries for wood.
Construction launched on 3,968 kilometre 'Power of Siberia' gas pipeline.
To the outside world, the resort of Sheregesh is as well known for Yeti as skiing or snowboarding.
A renaissance of one of Siberia's first outposts as the Far North becomes the new economic frontier.
New details emerge about 1928 odyssey that changed a dictator.