Vice Premier says 'majority' of work on the replacement to Soyuz for future of Space travel likely to be in city of Omsk.

New Russian national park, aimed at saving endangered big cats has won praise from Prince Michael of Kent. 

FSB say Konstantin Zhuravlyov, 35, is now back with his family in Tomsk after being held as a 'spy' by Syrian opposition.

Blazes raging just 50km from the Arctic Ocean in Yakutia.

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.

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

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