Teenager Arkady Abramovich has secured the $46 million undeveloped Koltogor oil field in western Siberia.
The billionaire owner of Chelsea Football Club has held political office in the autonomous region for 14 years.
One of the world's largest tin deposits - Pyrkakai - could be sold to business interests from China or Malaysia, reported 'Kommersant' newspaper.
Tycoon Viktor Kharitonin becomes major world player with 4 billion ruble deal to rescue German Grand Prix circuit
The coal miners are in hospital after the explosion at Gramoteinskaya pit near town of Belovo in Kemerovo region.
New legislation in Latvia is poised to offer citizenship in the European Union country to the children and grandchildren of its exiles forcibly sent to Siberia.
A theme of modernisation was behind the prime minister's swing through Siberia this week.
Businessman has spoken candidly over the controversial events of the 1990s, admitting he paid protection money to criminal gangs.
Journalist Kate Baklitskaya today begins an epic 3 month tour of some of Siberia's most iconic places.
'Safe, order, jobs, proper business practice. Why? Not because of three or four articles in London newspapers'.