Siberian tycoon is behind new $44 million franchise agreement with McDonald's.

Sinister discovery ‘not criminal’ say Investigative Committee, claiming limbs wrongly disposed of by a forensic lab where stored.

'Global warming' behind major change in arrivals from Omsk to Pacific.

Location still a mystery for aching president's away-from-it-all hike.

Most powerful typhoon ever recorded in Primorsky region, causing serious flooding.

Permafrost preserved the ‘oldest blood in the world’ boosting hopes of bringing extinct species back to life.

Scientists are puzzling to explain the tremor, 8.3 on the Richter scale, by far the largest since records began. 

Foreign visitors transiting on Russian airlines will be able to stay for 72 hours without documents as part of move to help boost tourism and economy.