Royal discovery made after 99-year-old code is broken by Siberian mathematics genius.

The taiga fishing trip has caused headlines around the world: now, the first arrest. 

Or is it too expensive to put the environment before the need for energy?

The Amur River rises past 7.35 metres in Khabarovsk city, with Komsomolsk-on-Amur, and Nikolayevsk-on-Amur also braced for new flooding.

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

A renaissance of one of Siberia's first outposts as the Far North becomes the new economic frontier.

Alexei Gorulenko confessed to keeping himself alive by eating human flesh, but denied killing Olga Kurochkina's husband.

Huge progress as Russia's $5 billion cosmodrome is readied for first launch.

Couple died on back seat of Toyota RAV4, but suspicion for tragedy focuses on 'jealous' ex-Ukraine rebel fighter spouse.