Sunbathing in snow and swimming in thermal pool included.
In each case the deadly decades-old 'zombie' disease originated in contaminated soil and was awakened by hot Arctic summer weather.
A $7.4 billion cash injection for Trans-Siberian and Baikal-Amur rail lines confirmed by president.
One-year-old bird has become a minor celebrity and attracts hundreds of visitors a week and even has its own Facebook page.
Satellites show giant hole ringed by 20 'baby craters'.
'We're Russian Koreans,' comes the reply.
A Moscow scientist is calling for a new scientific expedition to solve the mystery of a huge 'monster'.
Lyubov Morekhodova glides over the pure ice on skates made by her father not long after World War Two.
The 19th century vessel - formerly the Royal Navy's HMS Pandora - sank as Americans raced to be first to North Pole.
Aware of accounts of mysterious relic reptiles lurking in the deep, here are the first pictures from a record breaking dive.