The German president was today honouring Vyacheslav Molodin, deputy director of Novosibirsk Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography.

A Copenhagen scientific expedition is on its way to prepare a claim that vast energy wealth under the Arctic belongs to the Danish Crown.

The independent channel is set for closure despite a plea from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe for it to remain open.

Its residents will live in a vast man-made 'igloo' to protect them from polar temperatures and some of the most biting winds on the planet.

Earth is moving as 'leaking methane gas due to global warming causes surface to bubble' in a new phenomenon.

Image of 'polluted red river' caused shock but Nornickel stresses it is committed to cleaning up environment, and there will be no repeat.

100-plus Amur leopards are living in the wild, a rise from only 30, and now they are set to get new protected territory to roam.

Some 800 workers face 'abyss' of poverty after being made redundant this week from the Baikalsk Pulp and Paper Mill.

Ambitious plans unveiled for 250km/h train that would cut travel times and drive new business and tourism between two countries.