Greenpeace claims up to 300 times more territory in Siberia is ablaze than officially acknowledged.

Russians staying home for football festival while the country also sees as influx of visitors who might otherwise come to Thailand

Proposals have been made for high speed trains to run on two routes between Omsk and Novosibirsk, and Novosibirsk and Krasnoyarsk.

Palaeontologist says osteoporosis could have been major contributor, brought on by a lack of minerals in habitat from climate change.

Filmed here over the city of Omsk, the meteor - or was it a rocket or test firing of a ballistic missile? - startled people over a swathe of territory.

Historic cities of Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk ideal to connect country to buoyant Asian markets.

This year sees the 400th anniversary of the House of Romanov, the Russian royal family thrown on the scrapheap of history in 1917.

Dating back 11,000 years - with a coded message left by ancient man from the Mesolithic Age - the Shigir Idol is almost three times as old as the Egyptian pyramids.