Military strikes from air not ruled out to move giant landslide blocking Bureya River causing flood threat to villages.

Stressed 3-month-old Glafira pulled by handler to sit down by the ballots and pose for photographers in Barnaul.

Sketch sells for 990,000 roubles at New York charity auction alongside rare items belonging to Hollywood superstars.

A plan to develop  a 22,000 hectare plantation area for corn and beans is being actively studied by the South Korean government.

Two-thirds of Chinese side already completed, but delay in Russia prompts call from Kremlin to speed up work on other side.

Back in Soviet times, Akademgorodok was known as one of the best places to live, a home to some of the USSR's greatest scientists.

Special train - the Eurasian Star - will reopen exotic and historic trail linking China, Mogolia and Russia.

Ukraine has moved its Consulate General from Vladivostok to Novosibirsk. The former Soviet state has other Consultates General around Russia already.