This year sees the 400th anniversary of the House of Romanov, the Russian royal family thrown on the scrapheap of history in 1917.
Speculation that reclusive dictator's debut foreign trip will see him visit Khabarovsk in September.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is to lead discussion of how to put Siberia on the world map of growth at the annual forum.
Druzhok was rescued once but swam back to do his duty on the doorstep of the waterlogged house in Eastern Russia.
Sixteen runners braved extreme temperatures at the Pole of Cold.
Irkutsk Airport seen as potential destination by major airlines at Routes Asia - 2014 forum in Malaysia.
You've already run the great marathons in Berlin, London or New York, tried Paris, Amsterdam or Hololulu? Have a look at Omsk, Western Siberia.
International research team publish a detailed study into two cave lion cubs found in Yakutia
He emphasised the importance of the economically buoyant Asian-Pacific region as critical to the development of Russia as Western markets stall.