Pipeline will go through pristine Altai Mountains in supply route seen as economically vital by Kremlin.

Biggest and 'best' in Russia, it is more like a 'reserve' than a traditional zoo.

Friends of missing American questioned using polygraph by police as search goes on for 25 year old student last seen early Sunday.

Flying knives and chairs were reportedly seen by residents of Maraksa village.

Quality of life in booming oil capital Tyumen is better than that in Moscow or St Petersburg, says financial survey.

Pyramid is literally frozen in time, captured on camera by Vladimir Prokofiev.

Plans for modern Nature Theme Park and Acqua-park on site of old pulp and paper mill that spewed pollution into lake.

Everyone knows that Istanbul is the city of contrasts; much less known is that Novosibirsk is the city of start-ups.