Total of 140,000 tonnes is on its way from Siberia thanks to cooperation between the two warring nations.

Pensioner from the UK says medical staff among best in the world after he fell suddenly ill on dream trip across Russia with his wife.

Plane schedules disrupted, residents warned to stay indoors, sailors had to use GPS to get back to land because of thick smoke fumes from raging forest fires.

Now The Siberian Times is seeking to find descendants of British mariner Captain Joseph Wiggin. 

Two Chinese companies compete to build a permafrost crossing of the Lena River.

A 5,000 year old grave with a coffin made out of slabs of granite has been uncovered by archeologists containing precious human remains.

Western countries will send some of their most hardened criminals to serve sentences in special prisons in deepest Siberia.

Pipeline will go through pristine Altai Mountains in supply route seen as economically vital by Kremlin.