The swollen Amur River reached a depth of 910 cm near Komsomolsk-on-Amur on Sunday, with fears it could hit 940cm.
Dramatic measures unveiled to boost the economy in Eastern Siberia and Russia's Pacific territories.
Congratulations to South Korean photographer Choi Kisoon for getting unique footage.
The Russian president spoke after flying over devastated settlements, and fields were crops have been destroyed.
Sakhalin or the Kuril Islands could become a wealthy offshore haven.
Dramatic video shows the bird staying put in clouds of caustic smoke.
A powerful backlash has hit new laws due to be speeded through parliament on 'modernising' the country's science.
Defences were breached in Komsomolsk-on-Amur engulfing several villages, as forced evacuation rise.
230 wildfires rage in Russia’s coldest republic of Yakutia, with state of emergency declared in Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk regions.