It is a medical fact that children are healthier if they daily run out into the snow in their swimming costumes - and pour a bucket of cold water over their heads.

Rouble exchange rate means there is no better time for foreigners to visit Russia and stay in comfort at bargain prices.

There's no better place to grow than in the towns like my historic Tara, founded in 1594, without traffic jams and supermarkets, but with winter fun and fresh air. 

A 175-room Marriott hotel is to open on a landmark site in Novosibirsk, while Irtuksk is set to get both a Kempinski and a Hyatt. 

Thousands of rock paintings make remote area the world’s best place to see 5,000 year old alfresco art.

Greenpeace claims up to 300 times more territory in Siberia is ablaze than officially acknowledged.

Siberia's hotel revolution is growing apace with work underway on a top of the range property. 

The sensational discovery could lead to a much clearer understanding of a blast which was 1,000 times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb.

The documents are expected to help Japan understand the fate of thousands of PoWs in Siberia after the end of the Second World War.