Proposals have been made for high speed trains to run on two routes between Omsk and Novosibirsk, and Novosibirsk and Krasnoyarsk.
Quality of life in booming oil capital Tyumen is better than that in Moscow or St Petersburg, says financial survey.
But seals prove more adept at undertaking polar missions, including potentially killing intruders, say experts.
As a debate is underway on culling as many as 250,000 reindeer due to overgrazing, Research Professor Bruce C Forbes warns against some proposed solutions.
Girl, 4, tried to mimic a character from a Ladybug cartoon, say Yakutsk police.
Unique remains give vital clues to man's origins and early travels, say experts.
Would-be participants accuse Yevgeny Pyatkovsky of cheating them over the ultimate reality game show combating bears and wolves on an Ob River island.
'This is a very good signal to the Russian and international energy markets', Russian president stressed.