The president's visit to Novosibirsk honours one of the Soviet Union's great heroes but also set the course for future Russian military aviation.
100,000 troops and 5,000 weapons involved in the exercises in the Eastern Military District.
More than 50 servicemen in air drop close to Russia's drifting ice base Barneo.
A wartime spy who helped defeat the Nazis, she was an inspiration for the Russian beauty and fashion icon.
The Alaska-Siberia flight recalls historic Second World War supply route which helped defeat Nazism.
Urgent measures underway to evacuate residents of remote villages after flood threat caused by rising water above new ‘dam’.
Aim to double annual bilateral trade to $10 billion by 2016.
Pilot error, technical malfunction and bad weather are all possible causes checked by investigators.
Russian president warns that 'the work is going slowly' and calls for progress.