After US warnings about threat of ISIL, Da'esh and al-Qa'ida attacks around Christmas, senator Franz Klintsevich urges tourists to head east.

A theme of modernisation was behind the prime minister's swing through Siberia this week.

$50 billion has created a dream Winter Olympics resort - but Siberia also has great mountains.

Vineyards will flourish as winters become almost 10C milder heralding a large population influx, says new scientific prediction.

Futuristic Khanty-Mansiysk gives a new image to Siberia ahead of shale revolution.

No bikini ban here as Russian contests reject the cover-up in the rest of the world. 

1,500 Interior Ministry troops deployed in host city for Winter Olympics.

Siberian city 'beats' the world famous ski resorts of Zermatt and Verbier which postpone their bid to host the winter sports festival.

Can the world's oldest and deepest lake finally realise its potential as a world class venue?