Quality of life in booming oil capital Tyumen is better than that in Moscow or St Petersburg, says financial survey.
Ruta needed her paws amputated after being left outside in -30C but kind-hearted people are raising money for treatment.
The deposit and surrounding area were named Royal Salt Shaker by Peter the Great.
A new agreement between two of Russia's major airlines will open up new possibilities for linking Siberia to destinations all over the world.
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.
'Global warming' behind major change in arrivals from Omsk to Pacific.
Russia will have 11 time zones instead of the current nine, with Siberia's Kemerovo region moving one hour further from Moscow.
Cabin attendant Irina Olaru, 22, planned to wed when she was cruelly killed on doomed in Sinai.
Diamond capital of Russia shines with one of the most spectacular 1 May demonstration in the country.