A new air link between Alaska and the Russian Far East is opening up a new world of adventure tourism to US visitors.
Scientists say numbers in Lake Baikal reaching critical levels and say new commercial businesses could safeguard their future.
In the most extreme conditions, the unimaginable can happen.
Russia is offering the best tax incentives in the world to create its own Vegas near Vladivostok.
Andrey Solovyev keeps a lonely all-winter vigil in Yakutia in search of the legendary Labynkyr Devil.
Some 800 workers face 'abyss' of poverty after being made redundant this week from the Baikalsk Pulp and Paper Mill.
Barnaul angler Ivan Drachev, 33, caught more than he bargained for when he noticed an animal fallen through the ice.
Siberian driver Nikolay Tarasov makes a precious Bronze Age catch.
Tomsk region overrun with beavers and aims for a cull by hunters, or sending them abroad.