Pyongyang coastguards 'grossly violated' international law but were they in search of food and cigarettes? 

Ten fishermen were plucked to safety after their vessel - Chance-101 - sank 31 miles east of  Svetlaya village, in Primorye region in the Russian Far East.

The Okhotsk Sea quake registered 8.3 on the Richter Scale at a depth of 600km, and prompted a tsunami warning. 

Memorandum of understanding will see construction of major projects including new refinery and upgrade to port.

Satellites show giant hole ringed by 20 'baby craters'.

This year sees the 400th anniversary of the House of Romanov, the Russian royal family thrown on the scrapheap of history in 1917.

Siberia's colossal resource potential is a great competitive advantage that needs to be skilfully deployed.

The manoeuvres involved around 160,000 troops, 5,000 tanks, 130 combat aircraft and 70 warships.