One child sends chilling video message home from inferno: ‘Mum, we’ve got a problem here.’
Entertainment resort with a golf course in summer and ski area in winter set to be built as part of 24 billion rouble project.
On a visit to the Far East, he strongly hinted they should give up summer holidays to complete unfinished tasks.
Remote herders from 45 families get new animals to rebuild herds decimated by 'zombie' anthrax infection.
At Akademgorodok, and a real favourite of this guide. Don't be fooled by the exterior, from the candlelit lobby this brilliant restaurant gives you the warmest welcome no matter how cold it is. In summer, there is also patio eating outside.
A truly fine wine list and a mixture of sumptuous European, Asian and modern Russian food, plus a young and dedicated staff who ensure that your lunch or dinner will be memorable.
One of Denis Ivanov's excellent restaurants in Novosibirsk and not always the one that attracts most media plaudits but for us this is a gem, showing the new Russia at its finest.
Staycations have become a 'mass source of income' for businesses on the edge of Baikal, with predictions of more to come in 2015.
200 metres wide thermocirque seen weeks after scientists find funnel in the Yamal peninsula, caused by build up of methane.
Challenge to polar doom warning from respected international expert Professor Peter Wadhams of Cambridge University.