First cargo train on the final link of Amur-Yakutsk line in historic expansion of Siberia's great railways.
Nicknamed Forrest Gump, he completes a 9,905 kilometre odyssey braving temperatures as low as minus 48C on his 18 month adventure.
Scheme would allow epic journeys from London to the Japanese capital with major international crossing between Sakhalin and Hokkaido.
Mysterious figure refuses lifts or help as she trudges her way ‘to Kamchatka’.
Lame, exhausted and confused animal seeks out help from the local police in Olyutorsky district of Kamchatka.
A ceremony was held to begin work at Sabetta port which will be used to export liquefied natural gas.
Aim to double annual bilateral trade to $10 billion by 2016.