Scheme would allow epic journeys from London to the Japanese capital with major international crossing between Sakhalin and Hokkaido.
Our map shows the attacks by bears on humans across a swathe of Siberia and the Russian Far East.
They ran over bear 8 times with Pajero, then kicked it, but angry animal escaped and tried to kill them.
On a visit to the Far East, he strongly hinted they should give up summer holidays to complete unfinished tasks.
An earthquake in the vicinity of the Russian Far Eastern city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky can be expected in the coming days, say scientists.
A 1,159 metre volcano named after one of Russia's most fearsome tsars erupted early Thursday for the first time in 23 years.