'Siberia is so far away that it feels as if it's not quite real? It's time to change the way the world thinks about our land', says Taisia Kaigorodova.
Western countries will send some of their most hardened criminals to serve sentences in special prisons in deepest Siberia.
Alexey has accrued 13 children, 117 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren over his lifetime, and there may be more on the way!
Tuim Hole first appeared 62 years ago and has sheer 120 metre cliffs reaching down to its deep turquoise waters.
Foreign visitors transiting on Russian airlines will be able to stay for 72 hours without documents as part of move to help boost tourism and economy.
It is only in the vastness of Siberia, perhaps, where a crowdfunded recce trip can lead to such a jaw-dropping discovery...
Journalist Kate Baklitskaya today begins an epic 3 month tour of some of Siberia's most iconic places.
In this exclusive report, Yakutian photographer Nariyana Romanova takes us on a magical journey through her kingdom of ice.