Once banned as a result of over-fishing, now there are plans for one million sturgeon a year in Siberian river

One early visitor: a fireball streaking across the sky and splashing into Lake Baikal.

'Perfect husband and father' axed, stabbed or strangled full-figured women 'who resembled his mother'.

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.

Key move to revive Far Eastern economy and compete with Macau and Busan.

Putin fires top official in Russian Far East, and calls for Investigative Committee to check how authorities performing.

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.

One estimate is half a million new jobs stemming from improvements to the Baikal-Amur Mainline link amid hopes of foreign investment.