Putin backs proposal to give one hectare to each citizen or person willing to move to region in a bid to stimulate economy and boost population.
Oleg Fedyura drowned on way to waterlogged district when his vehicle was swept away while crossing river.
With forest fires still burning across Siberia, hot summer temperatures are moving across the continent.
Six infernos ravaging the region's nature have been extinguished in the past 24 hours, it is reported.
Roofing ripped, advertising banners torn down, and students knocked over by the force of the gales.
Here we go back in time and remember 13 remarkable moments of 2013.
Plane schedules disrupted, residents warned to stay indoors, sailors had to use GPS to get back to land because of thick smoke fumes from raging forest fires.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is to lead discussion of how to put Siberia on the world map of growth at the annual forum.
Greenpeace claim authorities underestimate the scale of destruction, amid warnings of lack of resources to fight fires.