Lena Pillars, a World Heritage Site, hit by the rampant flames, as calls grow for greater efforts to tackle infernos.

One estimate is half a million new jobs stemming from improvements to the Baikal-Amur Mainline link amid hopes of foreign investment.

The 21 year old Siberian student outclassed reigning world champion Stanka Zlateva of Bulgaria to cause a sensational Olympic triumph.

Siberian expedition to find English steamboat 'The Thames' led by pioneering British mariner that sank in 1876.

Beijing reviewing its energy needs with slowing economy, says report.

Extraordinary Bronze Age graves unearthed in Siberia: but could there be a macabre explanation?

She has lived in the wilderness for 71 years but famous Old Believer faces the cameras to deliver world a message for first time.

Premier Dmitry Medvedev wants the bloc to take measures promoting regional security.

Monuments to the Bolshevik leader are the key to a new competitive sport called Lenining.