Western countries will send some of their most hardened criminals to serve sentences in special prisons in deepest Siberia.
One of the giants of science in the Soviet and post-USSR eras, a former president of the Academy of Sciences, died aged 87 after a long illness.
New 'plug-in' cars coping well with harsh climate and landscape and were even recharged overnight in remote taiga at -33C.
Airline unveils colourful new livery to help raise awareness of big cat's uncertain future.
He landed onto the track in minus 40C wearing only a T-shirt, shorts and slippers. He had left his compartment to go for a cigarette.
British man to become the first in the world to ride from Pacific to Atlantic ocean.
More than 8,000 global professionals gathered in Hong Kong at the 136th International Trademark Association annual meeting, the first to be held in Asia.
NBC is banning Siberians from watching online trailers and a pilot of its new 'thriller' called 'Siberia'.
Experts undertake pioneering tests on skulls to finally understand how doctors carried out remarkable operations more than 2,300 years ago.
The senior politician called for a change of identity for the vast eastern third of Russia, as the country angles itself towards Asia.