Commander Islands

Moscow has confirmed moves to modernise its military presence on islands over which Japan claims sovereignty.

Vera Timoshenko, 93, died on her native Bering island off the Kamchatka peninsula in the Russian Pacific.

Dmitry Medvedev promises economic and military development of territory disputed since the end of World War Two.

Scientists now examining new discovery in hunt for 'living cells'.

The 19th century vessel - formerly the Royal Navy's HMS Pandora - sank as Americans raced to be first to North Pole.

The navigator, who served in the Navy of Peter the Great, gave his name to the Bering Strait, the Bering Sea, Bering Island, Bering Glacier and Bering Bridge.

Helicopter crash kills three including leader of expedition to find schooner lost in infamous 1914 tragedy.

Outspoken account of 'chaos and incompetence' after helicopter went down in Arctic, with 12 dead and 13 injured.

Life returns to port of Tiksi with construction of a military town.

The modernised MiG-31BM fighter interceptor has been shown in action in Siberia after deployment at the Kansk Air Base in Krasnoyarsk region.