Fears for plan to stimulate Russian economy via major infrastructure links to Asia and Europe as Beijing announces rival scheme.
Her anti-Putin bandmate Maria Alyokhina was freed earlier from a jail west of the Urals.
Quality of life in booming oil capital Tyumen is better than that in Moscow or St Petersburg, says financial survey.
Russian army in battle to erect dikes to hold back the swirling Amur River as evacuations begin in low-lying areas.
New government list of prohibited activities paves the way for new 'environmentally-safe' small businesses near the lake.
Air services are the lifeline of some of the world's most remote communities, with no road or rail links.
Plans to develop Russky Island as 'a model advanced development area'.
Young boys scream in pain and terror as they are shown being struck repeatedly with a belt by a vicious female 'carer'.
Novel approach to help recovery of leopard and tiger numbers in the Russian Far East.