Remarkable images show a test tube blood sample from a female of the long-extinct species. 

FSB say Konstantin Zhuravlyov, 35, is now back with his family in Tomsk after being held as a 'spy' by Syrian opposition.

Major discovery of Ben Leigh Smith’s vessel which sank off Franz Josef Land in 1881 sandwiched between two giant icebergs.

Overlooking mighty Ob’ River, The River Park is a renovated 3* hotel, now offering five different categories of accommodation in its 310 rooms: apartments, studio, standard, economy twin and economy. 

Free wifi throughout, gym, sauna and swimming pool, beauty saloon, as well as a promise of ‘the best breakfasts in the city’. 

The 'Il Faro' restaurant offers ‘a blend of European entrees and Siberian largesse’. The lobby bar, with comfortable sofas, never closes, there is also a summer terrace. 

Thousands of people fleeing the Middle East and Africa into Europe should be redirected to Russia, claims economist Fred E Foldvary.

Answer: The Trans-Siberian Railway, according to international broadcaster CNN.

Thousands of years ago woolly mammoths came here to die: but why?  The macabre ancient remains haunt local residents to this day. 

Techno-capital Tomsk goes global to advertise for students.