Courier and logistics giant has improved its services in the Far East and Siberia with a new direct cargo link between Vladivistok and its key hub in Hong Kong.

Moscow's top diplomat stresses importance of the country's Asian face.

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

Rouble exchange rate means there is no better time for foreigners to visit Russia and stay in comfort at bargain prices.

Bone-cracking cold, Gulag prison camps, oil flares visible from space, and bleak industrial cities - this is a common Western stereotype of Siberia.

Historic cities of Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk ideal to connect country to buoyant Asian markets.

Countless political prisoners perished here cut off from the world - but today Kolyma finally is getting connected. 

The municipal heating system burns narcotics including heroin seized from traffickers.