Aware of accounts of mysterious relic reptiles lurking in the deep, here are the first pictures from a record breaking dive.

Huge progress as Russia's $5 billion cosmodrome is readied for first launch.

Mysterious 'gigantic' hole in remote region spotted by helicopters over gas-rich Yamal peninsula.

Reindeer herders find more craters in the far north in a deepening puzzle for scientists. 

Revamped airfields on target in key Siberian locations as military is boosted in energy-rich region.

Same phenomenon of discharge of gas hydrates 'led to crater formation in Russia and disappearance of ships in Atlantic'.

Yevgeny Savostyanov fears loss of land after becoming too dependent on Beijing.

Russia is to launch an unmanned mission to the Moon as the first blast-off from the new Cosmodrome currently being constructed in Amur region.

Senior government official issues warning over possible curb which could hit major air carriers.