Elephants and tigers entertain public in cities along staggering 16,000km (9,950 mile) route.

'This is a very good signal to the Russian and international energy markets', Russian president stressed. 

The distance between capital city Moscow and key Siberian cities could shrink in plan envisaged by the Kremlin leader.

Altai route for gas to China could take priority, reported Reuters.

Toe bone DNA research uncovers the sexual relationships of cave-dwellers from Altai foothills in Siberia.

If they can't be bothered to clean up their garbage, they've got to pay. 

Many Russians on board overcrowded boat which capsized with '200 rescued'.

Brave Timur moved into the Siberian tiger's cage, and took over his bed. 

Sixty researchers will spend ten days inside Kek-Tash Cave in the Altai mountains. 

Valuable obsidian travelled during Early Holocene times from Lake  Krasnoe in Chukotka to Zhokhov Island deep in the Arctic.