Proceeds of a sale of a stake in Alrosa diamond giant will benefit local people, vows governor.
Tomsk has plenty of wealthy people these days, but a Scottish millionaire seeking an apartment in Siberia nonetheless delights local real estate agents.
The massive property boost for the republic's capital Ulan-Ude was unveiled ahead of the major Baikal Forum of Economics in the city.
A 175-room Marriott hotel is to open on a landmark site in Novosibirsk, while Irtuksk is set to get both a Kempinski and a Hyatt.
Real-life adventurers to a 'professional blonde' queue to participate in the ultimate brutal television reality contest, where 'rape and murder' are not banned.
Killer whose partner was four months pregnant is jailed for 15 years after he set fire to her body in Krasnoyarsk.
It might be snowing and cold outside, but inside Zhukovka it will always be 12 degrees… though it can rain on command!
Female 'criminal' from Siberia finally to face justice after 18 years on the run.