200 metres wide thermocirque seen weeks after scientists find funnel in the Yamal peninsula, caused by build up of methane.

Long-held dream for a crossing at Yakutsk gets a boost from China. 

The Siberian Times is online again after overcoming technical problems, bringing you news and pictures again from the east of Russia.

Besides, it is impossible to halt global warming which has been underway for many decades, insists the president.

Unique research station in the remote taiga is used by scientists worldwide to measure if man is behind climate change.

'When I came to Yergaki National Park I was blown away by the beauty of the place. It was so stunning it felt unreal'.

US, British, German and Australians not permitted ashore in the remote Bay of Providence.

Geysers, active volcanoes, thermal lakes, mountains, Pleistocene glaciers, cascading rivers... and a lot of bears! 

The Amur River rises past 7.35 metres in Khabarovsk city, with Komsomolsk-on-Amur, and Nikolayevsk-on-Amur also braced for new flooding.

Military strikes from air not ruled out to move giant landslide blocking Bureya River causing flood threat to villages.