Vostochny Cosmodrome will 'improve life in the Far East and upgrade its industrial base'.

Tycoon Viktor Kharitonin becomes major world player with 4 billion ruble deal to rescue German Grand Prix circuit

Flood of Chinese gamblers bring hope for success of Primorsky region gaming development.

Today the Asia Pacific is a vital center of economic development and progressive political influence.

Gazprom, Transneft, RusHydro, Alrosa and Rosneft all on a list for shift from Moscow to boost the Far East economy.

Bone-cracking cold, Gulag prison camps, oil flares visible from space, and bleak industrial cities - this is a common Western stereotype of Siberia.

New director Andrey Gorban, 47, on the challenges of modernising one of Siberia's favourite zoos, and dealing with his tapir's tantrums.

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

Thousands of people fleeing the Middle East and Africa into Europe should be redirected to Russia, claims economist Fred E Foldvary.

Fears for plan to stimulate Russian economy via major infrastructure links to Asia and Europe as Beijing announces rival scheme.