Ukraine has moved its Consulate General from Vladivostok to Novosibirsk. The former Soviet state has other Consultates General around Russia already.
Unearthed on the edge of the Arctic, she is the only woman so far found in an otherwise all-male necropolis, buried in a cocoon of copper and fur.
The American fast food chain is on the way into the largest (populated) Big Mac-free territory on the globe: but do the locals want it?
Scientists say a 'fountain of gas' poured from jelly-like trembling earth in tundra on Belyy Island in northern Siberia.
This evocative melody is literally the sound of Nature as a group of Russian percussionists make music on the frozen waters of breathtaking Lake Baikal.
A girl dies after a bus stop crashes on her in extreme gales.
'This is a very good signal to the Russian and international energy markets', Russian president stressed.
This is just one of the many questions I have been asked recently as a result of blogging here. What a question!