Rare historic pictures show Russia's last tsar as the first builder of the Trans-Siberian Railway 125 years ago this month.
Russia’s coldest region struggles to tame fires intensified by lengthy heatwave in extreme north.
Ahead of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, the flame will twice cross Siberia, once from west to east, then east to west.
Victims burned to death while fighting blaze after three massive explosions.
'Dauria' has campaigned for 20 years for cleaner environment but the ruling has angered the organisation which now faces an uncertain future.
Say that again? The Arctic on fire?
The Russian government is to give priority to Siberia and the Far East as it puts modernisation on fast-forward, insists Dmitry Medvedev.
Bronze age man 'inhaled smoke' which may have led to 'lung cancer', and disease then ate holes in his bones, experts believe.