Permanent customs task force unveiled as Sabetta gears up to take Russian goods and gas over the top of the world.

Target for cosmonauts to fly from Vostochny spaceport in 2018 is scrapped.

Samples taken from cubs frozen in permafrost for at least 12,000 years.

Yakutia Airlines boosts flights from Alaska to some of the world's greatest, yet most unexplored holiday destinations.

Map of shame: Greenpeace highlights junk and debris in dozens of sites across the 'pristine' environment.

She has lived in the wilderness for 71 years but famous Old Believer faces the cameras to deliver world a message for first time.

Pedal power challenge as the Red Bull Trans-Siberian Extreme ultra-stage bicycle race heads from Moscow to Vladivostok.

After 72 days stopover in Russia, British solo pilot Colin Hales continues his world tour.

Extinct woolly giant was killed by early man in extreme north, insist palaeontologist ‘detectives’ as spear wound ‘proven’.

Hopes for significant rise of Chinese visitors and special fares between April and October to encourage young Russians to travel to Baikal.