A gargantuan investment in economic development across many eastern Russian regions was confirmed in Irkutsk by En+ Group.

Experts have developed a way to zap household waste with a giant microwave reactor, turning it into coke, fuel and gas.

Krasnoyarsk and Novosibirsk suffering smoke pollution and infernos rage in forests after hot, dry weather.

Irkutsk officials say supplies to major city could run out but Russian government says more analysis of environmental impact needed.

Flights from east of Russian resumed for the first time since last year's earthquake and tsunami which led to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

29 carriages with coal went off the rails on the Trans-Siberian line in Irkutsk region.

Svetlana Shvetsova, 28, disappeared after going on a date to a restaurant with a new male friend.

The 21 year old Siberian student outclassed reigning world champion Stanka Zlateva of Bulgaria to cause a sensational Olympic triumph.

Can the world's oldest and deepest lake finally realise its potential as a world class venue?

State of emergency in Irkutsk region as President Vladimir Putin flies in amid carnage from heavy rain - with ‘worse to come’.