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

Putin prepares to head to New Delhi to approve deal as Moscow looks to expand trade links with Asia.

The mayor of Vladivostok is fed up with Moscow being asleep when he needs key decisions to be made.

Hollywood celebrity plans a trip with sons to discover what lies between Moscow and Vladivostok.

Radical plans to boost the economies of Eastern Siberia and the Far East are emerging in Moscow, say news reports. 

Gazprom, Transneft, RusHydro, Alrosa and Rosneft all on a list for shift from Moscow to boost the Far East economy.

Clocks change for the final time, except in Kemerovo, Kamchatka and Chukotka. Confused?

Historic cities of Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk ideal to connect country to buoyant Asian markets.

A disease that afflicts one in two million transforms soft tissues into bones.