Ahead of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, the flame will twice cross Siberia, once from west to east, then east to west.

Assembly of Soyuz-2.1a rocket has begun at new cosmodrome as country prepares for new space era.

Famous as a place of exile in Tsarist and Soviet times, it could now gets its first international class hotel.

Major engineering achievement will connect Russia’s largest region to Moscow by train for the first time.

Vineyards will flourish as winters become almost 10C milder heralding a large population influx, says new scientific prediction.

Russia will 'spend big' to expand BAM as veterans and workers celebrate its 40th anniversary.

Going by train all the way from Beijing (or even London) to New York could become a reality.

Travel for the first time by train to Russia's diamond capital, the coldest city in the world!

More flooding misery due to burst dam as experts say the cause is global warming.

Flight on Wednesday aborted two and a half minutes before blast-off as President Vladimir Putin watched at spaceport.