Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is to lead discussion of how to put Siberia on the world map of growth at the annual forum.

After US warnings about threat of ISIL, Da'esh and al-Qa'ida attacks around Christmas, senator Franz Klintsevich urges tourists to head east.

Russia could get a major boost from an influx of Chinese visitors.

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.

Forest infernos will be extinguished by the weekend, pledges government, as wildfires become political issue in Moscow.

Forensic tests underway in America as mother appeals for Russian witnesses, alleging 'foul play' and police 'cover-up’.

Attraction in Altai region never fails to put on its annual show for tourists.

Six holy men summon players' ancestors, begging for support in the game against Spain.

Police say they suspect suicide of 32 year old from Yakutsk despite seven stab wounds to his chest and gashes on his arm.