Locals undress to impress at resorts across four time zones.

An illegal fish processing plant was raided by police on Sakhalin Island, with 11 residents arrested.

Mushroom picker Alexander Lopukhin, 44, said he was certain he would die.

The result? He has avoided flu for two years, and works harder with renewed energy.

Intense search reveals no sign of Mil Mi-8 lost early Saturday with 12 people on board.

Direct links from the eastern cities of Vladivostok and Khabarovsk are on the way, said Russian presidential adviser Igor Levitin.

Perhaps the best located hotel in Novosibirsk for those who need to be right in the city centre. A two minutes walk from the Lenin Square, ten minute drive from Novosibirsk Glavniy train station, and about 40 minute drive from Tolmachyovo airport. 

Tsentralnaya Hotel is a budget option, covering the basics like free wifi, free parking, ATMs, air tickets office, sushi bar and a buffet, laundry, ironing and hairdressers. 

The hotel offers studios, as well as deluxe and standard double and single rooms. 

In case of any doubts, we mean the twitching variety, which are now back to Siberia, resting before their next extraordinary journey. 

Pyongyang coastguards 'grossly violated' international law but were they in search of food and cigarettes?