Norilsk is home to the world biggest mining and metallurgy complex, and is shut off from the world in more ways than one. 

New route connecting (almost) to diamond capital Yakutsk faces funding and contractor crisis causing delay.

Parts of massive skull were also found in silt of Yamal peninsula’s lake, but sadly there was no brain nor tusks.

'Second Spring' arrives with rhododendron blossoming for rare encore in October.

Diamond capital of Russia shines with one of the most spectacular 1 May demonstration in the country.

But then Siberia also has no less than SEVEN real Santa figures, and you can meet them all here.

Dozens of major tremors recorded this year as scientists monitor 'unusually strong seismic activity' that will one day tear continent in half.

The Popigai reserves are enough to keep the planet in diamonds for 3,000 years.