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.

Consortium featuring Russian businessman line up bid to invest in mine which develops deposits in Siberia.

Rail link will connect remote region to Krasnoyarsk region.

202 metre 'invisible' glass tower could offer hotel and offices if agreement is reached. 

Support for the French people after the brutal killings of innocent people.

Sardana Avksentyeva swept to power as mayor of Russia’s diamond capital in September.

Hopes fade of finding 13 people, six weeks after Tyva Avia aircraft went missing in remote and mountainous region.

Environmentalists call for World Bank to halt funding for projects that could alter flow of rivers leading into lake with water nearing critical low.

First cargo train on the final link of Amur-Yakutsk line in historic expansion of Siberia's great railways.