Aware of accounts of mysterious relic reptiles lurking in the deep, here are the first pictures from a record breaking dive.

New cities and industries could be created from construction of high-speed railway and motorway routes spanning whole of country.

Russian president warns that 'the work is going slowly' and calls for progress.

Heart-wrenching but inspiring story of romance emerges as 96 year old Japanese ex-PoW pens emotional last letter to his dead Russian wife. 

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

Mother-of-two buried alive in forest prepares to be transferred to another hospital for treatment to start.

Even Russia's Health Minister is on antibiotics after visiting victims of the deadly infection as numbers of infected rise.

Local reindeer herder witnessed the tundra explosion that led to birth of new hole in river.