Photographers pitch idea to tourist officials for bespoke pictures in Amur region, and first happy couple arrives from China.
French photographer takes a snap-shot of everyday life in Eastern Russia and falls in love with 'exotic' region.
Rare historic pictures show Russia's last tsar as the first builder of the Trans-Siberian Railway 125 years ago this month.
Setting himself on fire and using nothing but a snowdrift to soften his landing, wannabe stuntman shows why he is a real-life Siberian Superman.
Would-be participants accuse Yevgeny Pyatkovsky of cheating them over the ultimate reality game show combating bears and wolves on an Ob River island.
Scientists intrigued over 'space rock' found 35 years ago, before being dumped in a geologist's fish tank.
Board a train in London and travel across Siberia all the way to Tokyo?
Runaway duo blocks traffic in the centre of the city as they splash in the snow.
Magnificent STS Sedov easily passes three Arctic seas exactly 142 years after the famous Vega Expedition was stuck in pack ice for 11 months.
Pedal power challenge as the Red Bull Trans-Siberian Extreme ultra-stage bicycle race heads from Moscow to Vladivostok.