New 'plug-in' cars coping well with harsh climate and landscape and were even recharged overnight in remote taiga at -33C.
With smoke having blown as far as the US and Canada, experts now say 'the trend is positive' in controlling fires raging from the Urals to the Pacific.
The beaches here are thronged with sun-seekers, children paddle in the warm waters — even the babushki are relaxed.
As American beef disappears, venison can take a bigger slice of the market.
Anna Tereshkova unveils her ambitious plans to break old taboos and make Novosibirsk a capital of modern art.
As the winter cold settles in, this is a sight to warm you up (strictly 18+).
Western countries will send some of their most hardened criminals to serve sentences in special prisons in deepest Siberia.