Thousands brighten their lives at Novosibirsk's first Festival of Colours.
'Siberia is so far away that it feels as if it's not quite real? It's time to change the way the world thinks about our land', says Taisia Kaigorodova.
Destruction of trees by flames could see Batagai Depression ‘rapidly enlarge’ while remote local settlements also threatened.
The new low fare routes subsidised by the government will help Siberians from Norilsk to Khabarovsk.
President nominates Krasnoyarsk - a city with 'wonderful people' - to be eastern seat of power.
In the rest of the world, people are sure about one thing: Siberia = cold.
Old 'third class' to go, and double decker trains to revolutionise travel.
At least three are dangerously close to population centres in Irkutsk region.