Leading jeweller Alexey Baburov honoured by Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg.
From 'fireworks' made from nothing more than hot water in minus 50C, to surfing in the Pacific, this is the New Year on our doorstep.
Huge area of the Sea of Okhotsk will be recognised as part of Russia's continental shelf.
The tragedy was at an industrial waste plant near the oil rich Siberian city of Khanty-Mansiysk.
Charting wonderful friendships and shedding light on a region little known and understood by the West, James dreams of a best-seller with his travel memoirs.
Intriguing finds from archeological excavations in old garrison town of Tara, a key historic staging post to the east.
Revamped airfields on target in key Siberian locations as military is boosted in energy-rich region.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is to lead discussion of how to put Siberia on the world map of growth at the annual forum.