First cargo train on the final link of Amur-Yakutsk line in historic expansion of Siberia's great railways.

People quick to the scene to gather up navaga from road in Dolinsk.

Unraveling the truth about a mysterious maritime disaster off the Kuril Islands in which at least 16 are feared dead.

The freighter Amurskaya disappeared in stormy weather on Sunday after sending Mayday signals which were picked up by coastguards.

Five belugas were stranded on the same beach by the Sea of Okhotsk within less than a week.

Alexey Paramonov, 36, stayed with the whales until tide returned, keeping them safe and hydrated.

The mayor of Vladivostok is fed up with Moscow being asleep when he needs key decisions to be made.

Elsewhere in Russia’s coldest region desperate authorities spike clouds to induce rain and tame wildfires.

These are the first pictures and video of scene in Khabarovsk region where a sudden and massive rock movement causes semi-blockage and flood risk.