Officials from Russia and North Korea say the long-waited train connection is now almost ready.
Veto of plan for $30,000 statue of prophet holding the Ten Commandments.
'All forest wildfires extinguished' in Siberian Federal District, say officials, but peat flames still raging.
Pilot error, technical malfunction and bad weather are all possible causes checked by investigators.
New cities and industries could be created from construction of high-speed railway and motorway routes spanning whole of country.
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.
Chinese newspaper notices straw man on duty at Amur River watchtower.