Rail link will connect remote region to Krasnoyarsk region.
Breathtaking scenery is revealed on a Kremlin away-day to one of Russia's most spectacular (but little known) regions.
Hopes fade of finding 13 people, six weeks after Tyva Avia aircraft went missing in remote and mountainous region.
Intense search reveals no sign of Mil Mi-8 lost early Saturday with 12 people on board.
Private helicopter brought in to located Tyva Avia aircraft that had 13 people on board in remote Siberia.
World famous sculptor has been commissioned to create a new landmark sculpture in Kyzyl - the capital of Tyva - marking the spirit of Asia.
Possible 'explosion' at time of Tyva Republic helicopter crash, say experts, as mourning period expected for up to 14 people killed.
Olympic competitor Chechen-Ool Mongush, 40, was murdered and his remains hidden near the Mongolian border.
A desperate hunt for six teenagers missing on a Tyva mountain was hampered in poor weather conditions including the threat of new avalanches.
More than eighty rescue workers and a helicopter are involved in the hunt for the boys in sub-zero temperatures.