The 152-inmate prison will be in  Yeniseisk, 3218 kilometres east of Moscow, said a senior official.

The feminist activist re-appears after 24 days 'lost' on a jail transfer.

Some 39 convicts wounded their own arms and shoulders in the mutiny at Prison number 3 in Irkutsk.

Husband of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 24, says her health a 'major concern' after two hunger strikes.

Reports stated there was 'panic' among locals after the four convicts staged their dramatic escape from an Irkutsk region prison.

The municipal heating system burns narcotics including heroin seized from traffickers.

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

Facilities, including a library and even a pasta and meat shop, ensure jail in Krasnoyarsk tops the list as the best place to be on remand.

A Krasnoyarsk man faces up to four years jail for allegedly blocking President Vladimir Putin's website for one hour.