Heavy snow falls in recent days cause mayhem in Russia's 'San Francisco'.

The luxurious new 175-room Marriott is changing the face of the city in readiness for a 2014 opening. 

Cartoon - featuring the Walt Disney character having nightmare about life in Nazi Germany - removed from banned list.

Scheme would allow epic journeys from London to the Japanese capital with major international crossing between Sakhalin and Hokkaido.

The Belgian Malinois were created from best South Korean sniffer dogs, cloned to maximise unique abilities working for police or security service.

Siberia aluminium magnate blames Central Bank for failing to stem problems and says they would be better off ruling economy 'from Space'.

Parody of Russian glamorous hip-hop star Timati is becoming a sensation across Russia - and now globally.