The 'capital of Siberia' this week hosts the World Snow Forum 2013 dedicated to improving modern life for people living in the harshest winter conditions.

Experts still divided over mysterious 1,300-year-old fortress-like structure located on island in middle of lake.

A new deal between Viktor Vekselberg's Renova and Vladimir Potanin's Interros will see Yemelyanovo Airport become one of the most modern in Russia.

Valery Malkov from Bratsk, Irkutsk region, was wearing only a T-shirt, shorts and slippers.

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.

Skeleton of almost complete beast discovered on banks of Lena River close to Yakutsk.

The Australian travel company is revolutionising the image of Siberia in the outside world.

Seven year old Raul Kutliakhmetov was trying to rescue his best friend - a stray dog - stuck in three-metre deep roadside service shaft.

Scientists intrigued over 'space rock' found 35 years ago, before being dumped in a geologist's fish tank.