Scientists say numbers in Lake Baikal reaching critical levels and say new commercial businesses could safeguard their future.
New four times a week link between Beijing and Vladivostok.
Once banned as a result of over-fishing, now there are plans for one million sturgeon a year in Siberian river
But there are questions over privatisation of mining giant Alrosa, the world's largest producer.
Serious and immaculate, her haunting image is barely visible on tsarist-era Krasnoyarsk pictures, only spotted now, with new technology.
Mikhail Kokorich is a man who can, quite literally, say he is reaching for the stars.
Krasnoyarsk captivated by dog's 23 day journey, but is it evidence man's best friend has a sixth sense or built-in compass?