Moscow's top diplomat stresses importance of the country's Asian face.
A $7.4 billion cash injection for Trans-Siberian and Baikal-Amur rail lines confirmed by president.
Spectacular falling meteorite fragments struck the Chelyabinsk region on Friday morning exploding in the atmosphere and crashing to the ground.
Soot-coloured snowfall covers the ground in Siberia's second largest city.
New cities and industries could be created from construction of high-speed railway and motorway routes spanning whole of country.