Travel for the first time by train to Russia's diamond capital, the coldest city in the world!
State of emergency in Irkutsk region as President Vladimir Putin flies in amid carnage from heavy rain - with ‘worse to come’.
More than a dozen animals killed by self-appointed executioner and dumped by a river near lakeside town.
Scientist uncover dens, holes and paw prints of rare animal that once had ‘zero’ rating in the endangered list.
Seasonal greetings from the east of Russia where there are no less than seven different Father Christmas figures to bring joy to children in winter.
First cargo train on the final link of Amur-Yakutsk line in historic expansion of Siberia's great railways.
Emergencies minister Vladimir Puchkov vows: 'We will defend both the city and the factories'.
But then Siberia also has no less than SEVEN real Santa figures, and you can meet them all here.
Unique Paleolithic prize for scientists, a jaw of an early human who 'feasted on woolly mammoth' - but may have been cannibalised.