Distressing images from infernos that left 645 people without homes, and dozens injured.

Irkutsk Airport seen as potential destination by major airlines at Routes Asia - 2014 forum in Malaysia.

In a sign of the times, children are taught 'to love the motherland' after the return of Crimea and Sevastopol to Russia.

The cubs of the world’s largest big cat seen in Russian Far East are too young to survive on their own.

A plan to develop  a 22,000 hectare plantation area for corn and beans is being actively studied by the South Korean government.

Ukraine has moved its Consulate General from Vladivostok to Novosibirsk. The former Soviet state has other Consultates General around Russia already.

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.