Scientists say numbers in Lake Baikal reaching critical levels and say new commercial businesses could safeguard their future.

Toxic fuel from 21,000 ton leak reaches pristine lake, bypassing floating booms, as rivers of diesel pollution cover-up is exposed.

Memorandum of understanding will see construction of major projects including new refinery and upgrade to port.

Trendy Muscovites stay cool in fashionable ice terrace at the Reka restaurant with views of the Moscow River.

Through his extraordinary photographs, Sergey Anisimov has done more than most to show real Siberia to the world.

Locals hear 'booms from the underworld' in giant ravine but now scientists say it holds secrets of the planet's past.

International researchers have gleaned these extraordinary hidden scientific secrets by drilling 318 metres into a unique lake in northeastern Siberia.