President Vladimir Putin this week unveiled a new $25 billion pipeline transporting Siberian oil to the Pacific. 

The ancient mummy of a mysterious young woman, known as the Ukok Princess, is finally returning home to the Altai Republic this month.

Ice swimmers from team 'Morozhenki' (Ice-creams) in Vladivostok enjoy their own cold war, and insist it is healthy.

Siberia's colossal resource potential is a great competitive advantage that needs to be skilfully deployed.

Sensational find of  head of the beast with its brain intact, preserved since prehistoric times in permafrost.

Scientists get inside a woolly mammoth's head to understand behaviour of the extinct species.

The 19th century vessel - formerly the Royal Navy's HMS Pandora - sank as Americans raced to be first to North Pole.

Alrosa to announce timetable within two weeks, with exchange likely open by 2016.