Republic of Sakha
The major earthquake was 866km (538 miles) northeast of Yakutsk, capital of the Sakha Republic - also known as Yakutia.
Around 400 delegates are expected including representatives of 41 ethnic minorities representing around a quarter of a million people.
Video and pictures show experts conducting initial autopsy on the extinct creature preserved by permafrost.
Likely reserves of 200 tonnes of gold have been identified in the Gora Rudnaya area of the Aldansky district.
Dignitaries gather on Chinese side of the pipeline to witness the formal welding of the first joint in $55billion line.
The discovery of an ice-preserved female mammoth comes amid a debate on whether scientists should try to recreate the species using DNA.
230 wildfires rage in Russia’s coldest republic of Yakutia, with state of emergency declared in Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk regions.
How horseracing and equestrian culture is developing in the Sakha Republic.
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