Proposals have been made for high speed trains to run on two routes between Omsk and Novosibirsk, and Novosibirsk and Krasnoyarsk.

Panning to be legalised in former GULAG region in bid to crackdown on black market.

The Popigai reserves are enough to keep the planet in diamonds for 3,000 years.

Unveiled: two extinct cave lions  - dug from the permafrost - make their first appearance since Pleistocene times.

Putin fires top official in Russian Far East, and calls for Investigative Committee to check how authorities performing.

I found a place and people who have kept their authenticity and culture far from the globalisation, currently killing every culture around the world, one by one.

Two young birds saved after taking a seriously wrong turn during migration.

A new type of dinosaur? A predator, like a wolverine? Scientists puzzle over the new discovery.

Concern from scientists over potential danger to gas production facilities in region vital for energy supplies.