It is a medical fact that children are healthier if they daily run out into the snow in their swimming costumes - and pour a bucket of cold water over their heads.

Daredevil pilot and FOUR passengers with skis and snowboards on single paraglider wait to hear if they have made history.

Now the Far East of Russia linked to beaches and cities in the sun with direct routes from Vladivostok on low-cost airline Vietjet.

Recent days have seen Siberia's nickel capital hotter than Nice and on a par with Naples.

Transit passengers from 20 countries will be allowed 72 hours in Russia without the hassle of obtaining a visa.

Skeleton of almost complete beast discovered on banks of Lena River close to Yakutsk.

Norilsk is home to the world biggest mining and metallurgy complex, and is shut off from the world in more ways than one. 

Toy was due to travel to Thailand with its owner, but is now living in luxury thanks to kind staff at Yekaterinburg airport.

A new deal between Viktor Vekselberg's Renova and Vladimir Potanin's Interros will see Yemelyanovo Airport become one of the most modern in Russia.

Beijing proposes tours to neighbouring Khabarovsk region which wind the clock back to the Communist era.