Tourist numbers from Siberia rising as economy improves following 2014 downturn

Assembly of Soyuz-2.1a rocket has begun at new cosmodrome as country prepares for new space era.

Hunt on for new contractor after investment group wins back 119 million roubles in case involving work not carried out.

Scientists rush to site of latest tundra eruption - which formed a crater 50 metres deep - amid fears for homes and key industrial sites.

Antidote to gloomy news in the world as 1,525 wear swimsuits for annual Siberian snow festival.

Local reindeer herder witnessed the tundra explosion that led to birth of new hole in river.

As much as two billion tonnes can be extracted from open-cast site over the next 167 years with hopes it can transform rural region.

Inside the new Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Far East of Russia - exclusive pictures.

Shocking puce water as nearby nickel processing plant says cause is decades of contamination in Soviet times which company is working to overcome.