Prime minister raises the issue on sidelines of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Ulaanbaatar.
A pioneering French-Siberian Scientific and Education Centre highlights international recognition of Siberia's scientific strength.
Five patients and a doctor were held hostage at gunpoint by a 51 year old man who forced his way into a Bratsk hospital armed with a sawn-off hunting rifle.
More than 400 volunteers from across Russia on Sunday cleaned up the world famous lake.