Dmitry Medvedev rejected plans to set up a State corporation to run the economy in eastern Siberia and the Far East.

Consortium featuring Russian businessman line up bid to invest in mine which develops deposits in Siberia.

But there are questions over privatisation of mining giant Alrosa, the world's largest producer.

Pipeline will go through pristine Altai Mountains in supply route seen as economically vital by Kremlin.

Iturup gets connected, opening up the stunning scenery of the Kuril Islands to tourism.

Investigators find one billion roubles in currency and expensive jewellery, including a diamond-encrusted pen, as official faces corruption charge.

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

'We've got to punish singers financially', Irina Ruzankina's lawyer said, adding that there will be '12 claims altogether, like 12 apostles'.

Despite warnings of severe temperatures, hundreds of thousands of Russians take ice dips in an annual ritual marking Christ’s baptism in the River Jordan.