Haunting images of this Railway to Nowhere, built by Gulag convicts in the cruellest of conditions on the cusp of the Arctic Circle.

'Scientists were in a remote border region without permit'.

The luxurious new 175-room Marriott is changing the face of the city in readiness for a 2014 opening. 

At least 30,000 homes are hit by flooding in Amur region, with Vladimir Putin ordering more emergency aid to stricken people.

‘Taiga burning’ - as scared bears are driven out of their natural habitat towards settlements where they are shot as danger to people.

The Russian president spoke after flying over devastated settlements, and fields were crops have been destroyed.

RusHydro, RosGeologiya and Transneft 'to rebase from Moscow to the Far East'.

International researchers have gleaned these extraordinary hidden scientific secrets by drilling 318 metres into a unique lake in northeastern Siberia.

Calls for 'federalisation' are a threat to country's 'constitutional order, territorial integrity and sovereignty'.