Famed for the purest water on the planet, but this 'is no longer true' with 'no drinking' warning in southern part of lake.

Pensioner from the UK says medical staff among best in the world after he fell suddenly ill on dream trip across Russia with his wife.

New app designed in Novosibirsk offers dazzling images and travel advice on this 'Stalinist' country.

Here we go back in time and remember 13 remarkable moments of 2013.

Derek Doy, 71, was determined to fulfil his childhood dream, overcoming his heart trouble in Novosibirsk, to complete trip.

This vast region has some of the world's greatest rivers, but they could do much more to support the economic regeneration and security of the country.

Capable of carrying 200 people and tonnes of cargo, new blimp for the 21st century could soon be taking off.

DNA 'tests' of hair supposedly from a Yeti in a Siberian cave show it comes from an unknown mammal closely related to man, it was claimed last night.

Andrey Solovyev keeps a lonely all-winter vigil in Yakutia in search of the legendary Labynkyr Devil.

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