In Soviet-occupied Poland, officer Janusz (Jim Sturgess) is falsely incriminated as a foreign spy and sent to a Russian gulag in Siberia surrounded by miles of snow.

Two manned submarines today set a world record for the deepest freshwater dive reaching the bottom of Lake Baikal.

An airliner careered off a rain-slicked runway, ploughed into adjacent garages and burst into flames in the Siberian city of Irkutsk early today.

A Russian passenger plane skidded off a rain-soaked Siberian runway early today, ploughed through a concrete barrier and burst into flames killing at least 124 people.

A Russian passenger plane crashed on landing in the Siberian city of Irkutsk early today, killing around 150 passengers, Russian news agencies reported.

An avalanche hit a group of snowboarders in the mountains near Siberia’s Lake Baikal, killing two and injuring four, a Russian emergency official said.

At least three people were killed when strong winds swept through a central Siberian region, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported today.