Yet nickel capital Norilsk - the city with the highest industrial emissions - does not feature in the top ten.

Three cities east of the Urals are in the top ten for a new survey of national contentment.

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

Massive Siberian source of diamonds formed by an asteroid 35 million years ago can 'overturn entire world gem market'.

President Putin opened his visit to Buryatia by going to Ivolga Datsan, the main monastery of the Buddhist Traditional Sangha in Russia.

Yakutia Airlines boosts flights from Alaska to some of the world's greatest, yet most unexplored holiday destinations.

The aim? To put in place a Moscow government 'friendly' to Washington, and to protect US interests and citizens.

Confused plants bloom in Sayano-Shushenskiy reserve in Central Siberia, strawberry ripen in the Far East of Russia.

Sakhalin or the Kuril Islands could become a wealthy offshore haven.

Summer flooding will worsen dramatically, and the Arctic could be ice-free in summer by 2034.