Hi-tech technologies have been used to track smoke plumes from forest fires burning across eastern Russia as they cross the Pacific.

Fisherman keeps warm when his ice hole erupts in flames but he still netted a good catch

Consortium featuring Russian businessman line up bid to invest in mine which develops deposits in Siberia.

When Vadim Kolpakov went on an expedition to the north of Irkutsk region, he had no inkling of the sensational discovery he was about to make.

New legislation in Latvia is poised to offer citizenship in the European Union country to the children and grandchildren of its exiles forcibly sent to Siberia.

Separately, 18 frozen bear paws hidden in coal cargo train nabbed by customs.

DNA tests on the 18,000-year-old Siberian canine cannot define if it's a wolf or a dog.

Roads blocked, planes diverted due to low visibility, schools shut, people advised to stay home.

At first sight it maybe a UFO but in fact this both a boat and a plane - and it is to be tested in Spring on the River Lena in the Sakha Republic.