Major engineering achievement will connect Russia’s largest region to Moscow by train for the first time.
Despite warnings of severe temperatures, hundreds of thousands of Russians take ice dips in an annual ritual marking Christ’s baptism in the River Jordan.
These are the first pictures and video of scene in Khabarovsk region where a sudden and massive rock movement causes semi-blockage and flood risk.
Hope for future of the rare species as census says there could be as many as 540 of them now living in the Far East.
Animal charity WWF Russia in plea for help to prevent repeat of 1980s winter crisis that killed 90% of species in the region.
Trackers mark footprints with GPS technology as 2,000 people scour the forests in first count of rare big cat in 10 years.
Travel for the first time by train to Russia's diamond capital, the coldest city in the world!
20 student construction teams to take part in building the new Vostochny spaceport on eastern edge of Siberia.