Would-be participants accuse Yevgeny Pyatkovsky of cheating them over the ultimate reality game show combating bears and wolves on an Ob River island.

A future international tourist bonanza is being brewed on the historic Great Tea Road.

Otto Lagerfeld held in bleak camp in Verkhoyansk for four years of First World War, show contemporary documents.

Threat to Salekhard and Anadyr could come even sooner - by the mid-2020s - as thaw of frozen ground is forecast to have 'devastating' impact.

Monument to Kate Marsden unveiled in Sosnovka village 123 years after she set out on her epic work.

Director of Alliance Francaise cultural organisation in Irkutsk 'removed his electronic tagging device and fled'.

President nominates Krasnoyarsk - a city with 'wonderful people' - to be eastern seat of power.

Huge damage wrought by forest fires is sparked by failure to apply safety laws, complained Yuri Chaika.