amazing Russia

Study of 3.7 million people shows males in the region above norm but females only average

Huge area of the Sea of Okhotsk will be recognised as part of Russia's continental shelf.

The senior politician called for a change of identity for the vast eastern third of Russia, as the country angles itself towards Asia.

Anastasia Strashevskaya, 18, from Novosibirsk vows to keep studying as she qualifies for casting for the Miss Russia pageant.

Breathtaking scenery is revealed on a Kremlin away-day to one of Russia's most spectacular (but little known) regions.

Endangered big cats - a mother and two cubs - frolic in front of the lens, before stopping the show by removing the memory card with paw.

Amazing new pictures show a endangered Amur leopard with a cub.

Business leaders on island state see significant opportunities as Moscow looks to Siberia and Far East for investment.

Journalist Kate Baklitskaya today begins an epic 3 month tour of some of Siberia's most iconic places.

New tourism offices planned across China as government eyes up five-fold increase in visitors crossing the border.