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.

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.

Live webcams give unprecedented access to building work taking place at the multi-billion-rouble Vostochny Space complex.

Siberian Natalia Fileva, 55, co-owner of S7 airline, perished alongside her father in private plane tragedy in Germany.

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.

Stunning apocalypse scenes, as night turned to day in southern districts of the Republic of Khakassia.

Running water is one of the most soothing and relaxing sounds known to man, but here it signals the rapid thawing of ground frozen for thousands of years.