Colourful election as bears, tigers and half-naked gymnasts vote in record-breaking result.
The freeze is so deep that horses - and even Rudolph - is brought indoors to warm up.
29 carriages with coal went off the rails on the Trans-Siberian line in Irkutsk region.
Pyongyang coastguards 'grossly violated' international law but were they in search of food and cigarettes?
Subsea permafrost thaws faster than previously thought, Russian scientists say.
RusHydro, RosGeologiya and Transneft 'to rebase from Moscow to the Far East'.
A new service in Krasnoyarsk, Western Siberia, allows people to hire a pet by the hour.
The Chinese media - and even more the country's social media - saw glamorous new first lady Peng Liyuan as the star of the summit.
A future international tourist bonanza is being brewed on the historic Great Tea Road.