Project to be unveiled at 4th Eastern Economic Forum next month and likely to contain laboratories sunk into the permafrost.
33 hour journey between the capitals could be in place by 2020.
The president warns that the US and EU want to defang the Russian bear.
Scheme would allow epic journeys from London to the Japanese capital with major international crossing between Sakhalin and Hokkaido.
Moscow's top diplomat stresses importance of the country's Asian face.
Scholars from 20 countries to converge on Siberian Psittacosaurus necropolis to understand if deep past has lessons for future.
Puppies are 'designer' animals bred by South Korean cloning laboratory, but they flunked test in 13 simple skills for Russian police dogs.
More than 130billion roubles invested in special gambling zone to lure wealthy Asian tourists to Russia, complete with its own beach, marina and ski area.