Operator MTS plugs in key northern communities to fast mobile internet.
Talks also underway on gas supply route to China via Altai Mountains.
Hunt is on in Japan to find lost descendants of the Siberian-born chemist and inventor.
Scientists remain confident of one day bringing back the beast to roam again in Siberia.
None are naked: instead, they're far more interesting…
A shocking image of a tortured dog - killed after being tied to a rope and pulled by a car around a village - has appalled Siberians.
A ceremony was held to begin work at Sabetta port which will be used to export liquefied natural gas.
It sounds like a real-life Jurassic Park, but the woolly mammoth could be stomping the Siberian taiga in less than 20 years.
Even the giant nugget's 6,66 kg weight seemed to match the day.