Construction has begun on a Park Inn by Radisson hotel in Novosibirsk with its opening planned for 2014.

South Korean specialist hails opening of new World Mammoth Centre in Siberia, dedicated to bringing beast back to life.

New cities and industries could be created from construction of high-speed railway and motorway routes spanning whole of country.

Pyramid is literally frozen in time, captured on camera by Vladimir Prokofiev.

Quality of life in booming oil capital Tyumen is better than that in Moscow or St Petersburg, says financial survey.

Plans for modern Nature Theme Park and Acqua-park on site of old pulp and paper mill that spewed pollution into lake.

Fashion comes full circle as boots with 1,500 years of history become a cat walk sensation.