Plans to develop Russky Island as 'a model advanced development area'.

Customs procedures and rules on foreigners staying in duty-free region will be relaxed in move that will bolster the economy and boost trade from 2016.

Analysts say opening of LNG facility in Queensland with exports to China could affect Yamal as Pacific countries look to take on Russia in Asia.

Techno-capital Tomsk goes global to advertise for students.

Hi-tech technologies have been used to track smoke plumes from forest fires burning across eastern Russia as they cross the Pacific.

Russian president warns that 'the work is going slowly' and calls for progress.

Dmitry Medvedev promises economic and military development of territory disputed since the end of World War Two.

Staycations have become a 'mass source of income' for businesses on the edge of Baikal, with predictions of more to come in 2015.