A group of Russian billionaires spent over 3 million euro at French auction to buy historic papers of the man who tried - and failed - to halt Bolsheviks.

Once the coal mining capital of Central Kolyma, it was ghosted after the 1996 mine explosion.

Government announces $1.8 bln package, while volunteers from all over the wolrd collect more than 450 tonnes of trash from the shoreline of the unique lake.

Locals get time off week for rare visit to the beach.

Secret KGB documents and a book by ex-FSB colonel kickstart 100 year old search for missing Romanov treasures and valuables.

Panning to be legalised in former GULAG region in bid to crackdown on black market.

Tuim Hole first appeared 62 years ago and has sheer 120 metre cliffs reaching down to its deep turquoise waters.

Bronze statue had been erected last month in Surgut by local people, but was seen as offensive by descendants of political detainees sent to Siberia.

New details emerge about 1928 odyssey that changed a dictator.