Her ancient tattoo is a showpiece of the glittering opening ceremony for the Sochi Paralympics.
Mummified potentate and wife were found in burial mound 42 metres in diameter, and they went to the next life alongside 9 geldings, saddled and harnessed.
Scientists from Novosibirsk-based Vector are working in Yakutia on a paleo-virus experiment.
Academics restart work to unlock secrets of mystery medieval civilization with links to Persia on edge of the Siberian Arctic.
Greenpeace is demanding the Russian government blocks a major Gazprom link to Shanghai across one of Siberia's most sacred wildernesses.
Among the dead were 186 children, killed in a 3-day terrorist outrage that we must never, ever forget.
What I wasn't expecting was just how beautiful everything looked under the sparkling white blanket of snow.
New find in 'perfect condition' just two metres from 2011 discovery of 12,400 year old dog.