The senior politician called for a change of identity for the vast eastern third of Russia, as the country angles itself towards Asia.

The rare predator was caught after weeks of wandering into a village in Russian Far East.

An army of almost 3000 foreign workers combine with locals to get the city ready for the September APEC summit of world leaders. 

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.