Television journalist Elena Agamyan and husband Sergey were first night guests of brand new Marriott in Siberian 'capital' Novosibirsk.

An extraordinary adventure, blessed by the Queen of England and the Tsarina of Russia.

Rare historic pictures show Russia's last tsar as the first builder of the Trans-Siberian Railway 125 years ago this month.

Russian president hints at possible future 'compromises' on dispute over the islands, as 2nd Eastern Economic Forum opens in Vladivostok.

Winter comes to summer including freak hailstorms, mega-flooding but also wild fires.

Veto of plan for $30,000 statue of prophet holding the Ten Commandments.

Marking the centenary of the Paris premiere of the 'The Rite of Spring', the ballet plays for two nights in Novosibirsk.

Royal discovery made after 99-year-old code is broken by Siberian mathematics genius.

Ecology groups warn that the extent of fires in forests and taiga has been misreported by up to 159 times compared with satellite evidence of the grim facts.

Futuristic Khanty-Mansiysk gives a new image to Siberia ahead of shale revolution.