A theme of modernisation was behind the prime minister's swing through Siberia this week.

New cities and industries could be created from construction of high-speed railway and motorway routes spanning whole of country.

Republic head Yegor Borisov outlines difficulties for transport in Russia's largest region.

As western Europe chills in unusually harsh weather, which it blames on Russia (of course!), here’s how we cope with the deep freeze.

Lucky escape due to chance sighting by helicopter after snowmobiles broke miles into the snowy nowhere.

The new low fare routes subsidised by the government will help Siberians from Norilsk to Khabarovsk.

With smoke having blown as far as the US and Canada, experts now say 'the trend is positive' in controlling fires raging from the Urals to the Pacific.