The distance between capital city Moscow and key Siberian cities could shrink in plan envisaged by the Kremlin leader.

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

Vineyards will flourish as winters become almost 10C milder heralding a large population influx, says new scientific prediction.

New route connecting (almost) to diamond capital Yakutsk faces funding and contractor crisis causing delay.

New crossing on the Ob River has the longest arch span in Russia and world's largest mesh arch.

Wildfires rage around Lake Baikal with 5,000-plus emergency workers deployed.

Government announces $1.8 bln package, while volunteers from all over the wolrd collect more than 450 tonnes of trash from the shoreline of the unique lake.

Ecology groups warn that the extent of fires in forests and taiga has been misreported by up to 159 times compared with satellite evidence of the grim facts.