Angara Airlines, based in Irkutsk, has launched new flights from Novosibirsk to Irkutsk and diamond-mining Mirny in the Sakha Republic.
Boys, aged 5 and 8, were playing on the raft by the shore when it broke free carrying them downstream in strong current
Vice Premier says 'majority' of work on the replacement to Soyuz for future of Space travel likely to be in city of Omsk.
Tripling of workers needed to ensure success, says deputy premier Dmitry Rogozin.
Details of ambitious Space programme show first Russians will land in 2029 with new Angara rocket taking crew into orbit.
Demands increased on 3 August for a 'state of emergency' to be declared on the world's fifth longest river due to a catastrophic shortage of water.
A helicopter carrying ammonite - used to break ice - crashed in Irkutsk region after 'exploding in mid air'.
Assembly of Soyuz-2.1a rocket has begun at new cosmodrome as country prepares for new space era.
Claims of unpaid salaries in rush to complete Vostochny cosmodrome on time.