Many residents have refused to leave their homes because of the worst flooding since records began.

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

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.

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.