Most powerful typhoon ever recorded in Primorsky region, causing serious flooding.

Abuse of justice claim relating to Alliance Francaise director in Irkutsk 'who posted naked picture of his daughter'.

Mammals were being readied for sale to aquariums in China, but now are to return to wild after public campaign.

Gazprom, Transneft, RusHydro, Alrosa and Rosneft all on a list for shift from Moscow to boost the Far East economy.

Target for cosmonauts to fly from Vostochny spaceport in 2018 is scrapped.

Russia will 'spend big' to expand BAM as veterans and workers celebrate its 40th anniversary.

Project to be unveiled at 4th Eastern Economic Forum next month and likely to contain laboratories sunk into the permafrost.

Support for the French people after the brutal killings of innocent people.

One estimate is half a million new jobs stemming from improvements to the Baikal-Amur Mainline link amid hopes of foreign investment.