He chose to become a hermit for six months on the shore of Lake Baikal in deep winter, miles from the nearest town and city.

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

Western countries will send some of their most hardened criminals to serve sentences in special prisons in deepest Siberia.

Startling new details emerge of the most mysterious of Siberia's newly created giant permafrost holes.

We take a trip to Mount Mamai in the Republic of Buryatia, well-known to local snow fanatics, but still a secret to many outsiders.

Across the Russian polar regions, these eye-catching pictures show how thawing soil leads to territories being washed away.