Vital link uniting east and west of the country will realise a long-held dream.

Scheme would allow epic journeys from London to the Japanese capital with major international crossing between Sakhalin and Hokkaido.

Delegation of 69, including the representatives of 32 private companies, state and municipal structures arrived in the Southern Kurils.

Sculptor Dashi Namdakov pays homage to extinct woolly giant in innovative design aimed at becoming Buryatia's 'brand'.

New enterprise will work with rough diamonds from Alrosa, which holds the world's largest reserves in Yakutia.

Besides, it is impossible to halt global warming which has been underway for many decades, insists the president.