All the strongest grandmasters of the world are battling for supremacy under a knock out system.
Curbs will stop foreigners working in schools, as drivers on passenger transport, or in children's food production.
Retired paratrooper aged 102 keeps secret how he cast his ballot in Tyumen.
Tomsk has plenty of wealthy people these days, but a Scottish millionaire seeking an apartment in Siberia nonetheless delights local real estate agents.
As he turned 94 this month, a museum opened in his home village of Kurya, Altai.
DNA research of Native Siberians and Native Americans revealed by Science and Nature journals.
Unique remains give vital clues to man's origins and early travels, say experts.
Spectacular falling meteorite fragments struck the Chelyabinsk region on Friday morning exploding in the atmosphere and crashing to the ground.
Alexey has accrued 13 children, 117 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren over his lifetime, and there may be more on the way!
The Okhotsk Sea quake registered 8.3 on the Richter Scale at a depth of 600km, and prompted a tsunami warning.