New route connecting (almost) to diamond capital Yakutsk faces funding and contractor crisis causing delay.
Damage from wave of floods already labelled 'catastrophic' with worse to come as Russian president Vladimir Putin demands: 'Put people first'.
Fears for plan to stimulate Russian economy via major infrastructure links to Asia and Europe as Beijing announces rival scheme.
Scheme would allow epic journeys from London to the Japanese capital with major international crossing between Sakhalin and Hokkaido.
Giant airships seen as ideal way to transport heavy lifting equipment to remote mining locations.
Parents concerned about their children from huge wild cat - or more than one - on the loose, with another terrorising Solontsovy village.
The wreck of the Amurskaya freighter has been found by divers in around 24 metres of water, officials confirmed on Wednesday.
Nicknamed Forrest Gump, he completes a 9,905 kilometre odyssey braving temperatures as low as minus 48C on his 18 month adventure.
Workers at new spaceport write messages to Vladimir Putin on roofs of buildings after going months without pay.