More craters expected to form due to such eruptions as permafrost melts - and they ARE caused by global warming releasing methane gas.

A renaissance of one of Siberia's first outposts as the Far North becomes the new economic frontier.

Satellites show giant hole ringed by 20 'baby craters'.

Scheme would allow epic journeys from London to the Japanese capital with major international crossing between Sakhalin and Hokkaido.

The Russian president has turned to his close ally Sergei Shoigu, former Emergencies Minister, after the Defence Minister was engulfed in a corruption scandal.

Russian president's flight to Salekhard delayed after airport closed by freezing rain.

The ancient mummy of a mysterious young woman, known as the Ukok Princess, is finally returning home to the Altai Republic this month.

Four children among those in intensive care, as locals undergo mass evacuation and quarantining, while reindeer herd decimated.