Warplane suddenly lost height; pilot successfully ejected.

Ten fishermen were plucked to safety after their vessel - Chance-101 - sank 31 miles east of  Svetlaya village, in Primorye region in the Russian Far East.

Plans to develop Russky Island as 'a model advanced development area'.

Radical plans to boost the economies of Eastern Siberia and the Far East are emerging in Moscow, say news reports. 

Moscow's top diplomat stresses importance of the country's Asian face.

Coldest village in the world hit by severe flooding, with one month's rainfall in a few days.

The Russian president spoke after flying over devastated settlements, and fields were crops have been destroyed.

At least three are dangerously close to population centres in Irkutsk region.