I did not expect to be in Siberia for Donald Trump’s inauguration. Which is to say, I’d known for a few months that I’d be in Siberia on Jan. 20, 2017. I just thought I’d be missing Hillary Clinton’s ...

In the cramped train compartment, our knees brush against each other. I exchange a smile—my first in the two weeks since I’ve been in Russia—with a stranger across my seat. Russians are wary of ...

MOSCOW -- The Trans-Siberian Mainline, one of the world's classic rail journeys, is intimidating to some potential passengers because they don't speak Russian and because the trip takes a week. Now, ...

Lake Baikal is made of fresh water, which freezes when it gets cold. Also, it's usually cold there. It's a nice stock photo of a narratively relevant location, which serves to reinforce the idea that ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Once considered the preserve of scruffy backpackers, hardy adventurers, and vodka swigging businessmen, a new train on Russia's Trans-Siberian route aims to lure wealthy tourists ...

The Doctor Voino-Yasenecky Saint Luka train serves as a free, mobile consultative and diagnostic medical center that carries medics and medical equipment yearly from the main regional city of ...

A woman in Siberia was killed while having sex when a passing train decapitated her. She was on top of the man as the train neared the Zaudinsky Trans-Siberian railway station in the suburbs of ...

On the shore of Lake Baikal, deep in eastern Siberia, one of the most ambitious feats of modern Russian rail engineering is nearing completion. The Baikalsky tunnel, carved through 7 km of mountain ...