How an entrepreneur and cinema producer from Lake Baikal became driver to the UK's Princess Royal at the Winter Olympics.

2,500 adults, 623 children so far vaccinated in the Republic of Tuva to prevent flea-spreading of the decease.

People feel better about themselves and their lives, defying the international stereotype of Siberia.

Yet nickel capital Norilsk - the city with the highest industrial emissions - does not feature in the top ten.

Doctors fought in vain to save  Alexander Stakhanov, 35, on the frozen surface of the world's deepest lake.

Ukraine has moved its Consulate General from Vladivostok to Novosibirsk. The former Soviet state has other Consultates General around Russia already.

The famously clear waters of Baikal - the world's deepest and oldest lake - are under threat from tourists, says leading scientist Maxim Timofeyev.

‘Taiga burning’ - as scared bears are driven out of their natural habitat towards settlements where they are shot as danger to people.

Russians grieving over damage to magical forests surrounding Siberia's jewel.

Greenpeace claims up to 300 times more territory in Siberia is ablaze than officially acknowledged.