Russian officials refused to allow the vessel to enter the Northern Sea Route which Greenpeace dubbed 'a thinly veiled attempt to stifle peaceful protest'.
Premier Dmitry Medvedev bans 'spice' ingredients after 7 deaths and mass poisoning in western Siberia.
PM Medvedev was ordered to 'reprimand' Regional Development Minister Oleg Govorun for the slow pace of proposals to boost the east of the country.
Prime minister raises the issue on sidelines of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Ulaanbaatar.
Julio Prieto, 29, from Colorado held by FSB after walking across the border from Kazakhstan.
750-metre long 'cable car' link between Russia and China across Amur River.
Dmitry Medvedev promises economic and military development of territory disputed since the end of World War Two.
A group of Russian billionaires spent over 3 million euro at French auction to buy historic papers of the man who tried - and failed - to halt Bolsheviks.
Vostochny 'not ready' for December Soyuz liftoff, says source in Roscosmos.
Built just five years ago, western sanctions over Ukraine stop international cooperation at climate change research facility in Arctic.