This vast region has some of the world's greatest rivers, but they could do much more to support the economic regeneration and security of the country.
Demands increased on 3 August for a 'state of emergency' to be declared on the world's fifth longest river due to a catastrophic shortage of water.
Eight hour drama before 70 people, including women and children, plucked to safety.
Boys, aged 5 and 8, were playing on the raft by the shore when it broke free carrying them downstream in strong current
A helicopter carrying ammonite - used to break ice - crashed in Irkutsk region after 'exploding in mid air'.
The Usolyekhimprom facility, disused due to bankruptcy in 2017, is a ‘toxic catastrophe waiting to happen’.
Prime minister raises the issue on sidelines of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Ulaanbaatar.
The pink bird was 5,330 kilometres off course when it landed in subzero Krasnoyarsk region.
Pedal power challenge as the Red Bull Trans-Siberian Extreme ultra-stage bicycle race heads from Moscow to Vladivostok.
Standing two metres tall, the giant deer was assumed to be extinct about 10,300 years ago, but new research finds it was still alive across Siberia.