Revamped airfields on target in key Siberian locations as military is boosted in energy-rich region.
From the Pacific in the east, to the Urals in the west, hardy Russians display their religious feelings - and bravery.
Oleg Rezanov says he was in ‘trance’ and unable to breathe but walked away - shaking - in -32C Yakutsk cold.
Lost and alone on the Pacific coast, the seals would die without the help of a unique seal sanctuary.
Unknown remains of a large creature have been found in Lake Labynkyr, say the first divers to ever reach its floor.
Mysterious 'gigantic' hole in remote region spotted by helicopters over gas-rich Yamal peninsula.
Aware of accounts of mysterious relic reptiles lurking in the deep, here are the first pictures from a record breaking dive.
An earthquake in the vicinity of the Russian Far Eastern city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky can be expected in the coming days, say scientists.
One region alone - Yakutia - has 5 million tons scrap metal dumped in polar regions, an ugly Soviet legacy.