Now the Far East of Russia linked to beaches and cities in the sun with direct routes from Vladivostok on low-cost airline Vietjet.

Viktoria Popova, 26, in trouble after her pictures on training course used to advertise clothes shop.

Futuristic Khanty-Mansiysk gives a new image to Siberia ahead of shale revolution.

New statistics on Saturday showed the vast scale of the human effort in Russia to halt a natural disaster that has destroyed swathes of woodland and taiga.

Experts give their macabre verdict on mummified remains after speculation a new type of dinosaur had been found. 

Contradictory reports on cause of death as Colin Madsen's remains found in snow in mountainous region of Republic of Buryatia.

Eurasia will split in two, dividing the world's largest land mass in southern Siberia.

Fast-freezing clothes, hot water fireworks, ice and snow bathing, vodka lollipops, dog sledging - see our report from the Kingdom of Cold.

Thousands of volunteers had joined search for three year old girl in Tomsk.