The Japanese government is to provide financial assistance for a joint helium-production project, says newspaper The Daily Yomiuri.
Three man team probing the discovery is now 'missing in tundra', say Emergency Ministry officials.
Pipes are built over bulging and unstable Arctic pingos prone to violent eruptions caused by 'thawing methane gas', as seen twice on the Yamal peninsula this year.
Giant airships seen as ideal way to transport heavy lifting equipment to remote mining locations.
Man ‘caused some of the tundra blasts forming the large holes’, says leading scientist in surprising new theory.
Journalist Kate Baklitskaya today begins an epic 3 month tour of some of Siberia's most iconic places.
Hundreds of years ago, the Cossacks were at the forefront of the conquest of Siberia; now the heritage passes to a new generation.