Panning to be legalised in former GULAG region in bid to crackdown on black market.

Average temperatures in the north of the Kara and Barents seas were 4C to 5C higher than previous years.

Call to protect unique site with thousands of ideally preserved bones of prehistoric animals.

He emphasised the importance of the economically buoyant Asian-Pacific region as critical to the development of Russia as Western markets stall.

Irkutsk Airport seen as potential destination by major airlines at Routes Asia - 2014 forum in Malaysia.

Dignitaries gather on Chinese side of the pipeline to witness the formal welding of the first joint in $55billion line. 

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