Norilsk is home to the world biggest mining and metallurgy complex, and is shut off from the world in more ways than one. 

Olga Laponnikova, 44, cocooned the girl as the L-410 turboprop 'fell like a stone' into woodland a mile from runaway in Nelkan, eastern Russia.

I hate the cold, yet here I was, in winter, boarding a plane for Siberia. This was no holiday– after all, no one goes to Siberia for a holiday!

Nuclear scientist alleged to have stolen small aircraft, but he insists he had paid for it and is the victim of an elaborate fraud.

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.

The Russian president used a visit to Siberia to vow a 5 trillion rouble allocation to re-equip the Russian Air Force.

A pioneering French-Siberian Scientific and Education Centre highlights international recognition of Siberia's scientific strength.

How people use the extreme cold to 'freeze dry' clothes.