Unique research station in the remote taiga is used by scientists worldwide to measure if man is behind climate change.
Damage from wave of floods already labelled 'catastrophic' with worse to come as Russian president Vladimir Putin demands: 'Put people first'.
Total of 110,000 tonnes sent to Europe across the new Northern Sea Route.
Recent days have seen Siberia's nickel capital hotter than Nice and on a par with Naples.
Man kills his girlfriend in supposed murder-suicide pact because they could not bear to be apart then fails to take his own life.
Locals in Norilsk dive head first into the 4-metre deep fluffy snow as if it were a swimming pool.
This is a small 3* hotel compared with some of Novosibirsk's cavernous options, with 33 rooms - studios, luxury rooms and apartments available as well as standard singles and doubles - aimed mainly at the business traveller.
The hotel offers conference hall, sitting 120 people.
There is a round-the-clock grill bar and several saunas with billiards. All rooms are air-conditioned, with television and minibars.
Average temperatures in the north of the Kara and Barents seas were 4C to 5C higher than previous years.
People who live near ammunition depot explosion site find war-like ruins.