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.

Footage shows locals in Norilsk struggle to cope with fierce winter blizzard, but weather warnings save lives. 

Blazes raging just 50km from the Arctic Ocean in Yakutia.