Threat to Salekhard and Anadyr could come even sooner - by the mid-2020s - as thaw of frozen ground is forecast to have 'devastating' impact.

Aim to double annual bilateral trade to $10 billion by 2016.

Recent reports showed 89 wildfires in Siberia and 25 in the Russian Far East as a new season of damage to forests gets underway.

The mayor of Vladivostok is fed up with Moscow being asleep when he needs key decisions to be made.

Premier Dmitry Medvedev warned it will take two to three weeks to extinguish the fires raging across Siberia.

Dozens of major tremors recorded this year as scientists monitor 'unusually strong seismic activity' that will one day tear continent in half.

Temperatures as low as minus 41C did not deter Russians immersing themselves as medics stood ready to offer help.

Deputy premier Dmitry Rogozin looks to Asia as China confirms $5 billion boost for Russian Far East.

Lena Pillars, a World Heritage Site, hit by the rampant flames, as calls grow for greater efforts to tackle infernos.