Putin backs proposal to give one hectare to each citizen or person willing to move to region in a bid to stimulate economy and boost population.

A man has admitted killing and dismembering his helpless one and a half year old niece and roasting her remains in a hot oven.

Is it a case of 'space race sabotage' as suspicion falls on Middle Eastern group with pages blanked out by Arabic writing stating 'Peace Be With You'?

Alyona Netunaeva, 10, was in coma for 9 days but frantic efforts by surgeons failed to save her.

Many Pacific islands are famed for their palm trees, but Sakhalin is facing some of the heaviest January blizzards in living memory.

These remarkable pictures show how young Siberian scientist Irina Mukhamedshina, 22, has trained a fox to be as obedient as a dog.

This is my second story for The Siberian Times, and again it is about garbage cleaning. 

Startling new statistics show that some 23 villages in vast Krasnoyarsk region are populated only by men.