More than 130billion roubles invested in special gambling zone to lure wealthy Asian tourists to Russia, complete with its own beach, marina and ski area.

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

Answer: The Trans-Siberian Railway, according to international broadcaster CNN.

Dignitaries gather on Chinese side of the pipeline to witness the formal welding of the first joint in $55billion line. 

The massive property boost for the republic's capital Ulan-Ude was unveiled ahead of the major Baikal Forum of Economics in the city. 

Mongolian Palaeolithic sites in may prove a missing link in the map of these ancient hominins.

Plane from Thailand to Yekaterinburg after 'power generation malfunction'.

Officials deny any risk of atomic contamination from the site in Sakha Republic.