Popular Sheregesh in Kemerovo region to get a $131 million Sochi-style makeover.

A major drive to boost the role of Novosibirsk was launched at the world's largest travel trade exhibition in Berlin.

Forest infernos will be extinguished by the weekend, pledges government, as wildfires become political issue in Moscow.

Attraction in Altai region never fails to put on its annual show for tourists.

Bone-cracking cold, Gulag prison camps, oil flares visible from space, and bleak industrial cities - this is a common Western stereotype of Siberia.

More than 130billion roubles invested in special gambling zone to lure wealthy Asian tourists to Russia, complete with its own beach, marina and ski area.

The authorities in Bratsk have received more than 60 calls from residents complaining of bears on the streets and close to houses.