Siberia's hotel revolution is growing apace with work underway on a top of the range property. 

Silence from the authorities but residents say former Ukrainian president's son should have known Baikal was too dangerous to drive on.

This Russian treasure has 1,500 species of flora and fauna not found anywhere else on the planet.

Experts say a crack has appeared in the precarious granite giant: but if it falls into the lake, it will unleash ancient legends which might change the world.

Bears are increasingly coming out of the forest in search of food, say wildlife experts.

Iturup gets connected, opening up the stunning scenery of the Kuril Islands to tourism.

Tsar's daughter may, after all, have escaped the execution which wiped out the royal family, says new book.

The man was detained in Irkutsk in December during a raid to detect foreign citizens violating immigration rules.