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.

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.

Analysts say opening of LNG facility in Queensland with exports to China could affect Yamal as Pacific countries look to take on Russia in Asia.

Leading expert assesses the risk of 'waking up' this deadly disease currently eradicated, and warns that rising Russian levels of HIV brings a far greater risk.

Here we go back in time and remember 13 remarkable moments of 2013.

Sparkling discovery of precious gems in solidified lava of Tolbachik flare-up.

Defences were breached in Komsomolsk-on-Amur engulfing several villages, as forced evacuation rise.