Russian President to 'personally' monitor situation amid fears projects could alter river flows and harm Baikal eco-system.

But who were the mysterious Paleolithic artists of these rock drawings?

Implements or weapons made of quartz and quartzite unearthed among tons of bones under a Siberian village called... Mammoth.

Stunning statue with 'encrypted codes' is 11,000 years old, even more ancient than previously believed.

Il-76 plane crashed while battling wildfires; Minister vows 'We will never forget them.'

Pedal power challenge as the Red Bull Trans-Siberian Extreme ultra-stage bicycle race heads from Moscow to Vladivostok.

Prisoners proudly growing vines in Kolyma where the average annual temperature is minus 3C.

Arctic permafrost is degrading much faster than expected, warn scientists from the extreme north of Yakutia.

He ekes out a living in the remote village of Dubinka, population 15. 

Scientific breakthrough on DNA pinpoints mankind’s expansion across planet – and moment of interbreeding with Neanderthals.