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'Dancing in light, shimmering.. like a giant diorama made from mother-of-pearl… was Lake Baikal'

Mike Carter, The Observer, 2009

Pure waters of Lake Baikal in danger from 6.5 million tons of toxic waste

Immediate public audit of a high risk waste storage in Russia is urged.

Crimson treasure of Siberia, the salt lake that turns pink on sunny days

Race against time and waves as Russian archaeologists rescue Siberia’s remarkable Atlantis

If your young daughters are ready for modelling, don't delay

We have to make Siberia a territory of exceptional economic and social comfort

Fashion and beauty secrets of 2,500 year old Siberian 'princess' from her permafrost burial chamber

The Siberian parents who gave up Jessica Long as a new-born baby salute her heroic achievement

Siberian Princess reveals her 2,500 year old tattoos

Ancient mummy 'with 1,100 year old Adidas boots' died after she was struck on the head

Stone bracelet is oldest ever found in the world

Lunch arrives on Wrangel Island, and 230 polar bears show up for the feast

'Nazi link' to horrific cathedral shooting which killed a nun and worshipper

Iconic 2,500 year old Siberian princess 'died from breast cancer', reveals MRI scan

Being a surrogate: 'Clients order two women to get pregnant - and then remove one of the babies'

This is how little Siberians learn to love our trademark cold, and stay healthy

Large crater appears at the 'end of the world'

Gone: endemic Baikal sponge has died completely in several areas of the vast lake

Maria Sharapova admits Siberia gives her 'goosebumps'

Unique group for elderly women practising the art of Japanese Aikido is the only one in the world

Coming soon: 'Chateau Permafrost', wine from Siberia

No snow in Siberia? Locals marvel - and worry - at the 'snow shortage'

200-plus agreements worth $27 billion at forum to 'open up Russian Far East'

Weather goes crazy in Siberia - with record high temperatures, then July snow

Below minus 40C? Here's how you stay fashionable out in the street

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Siberian official in leaked audio scandal for allegedly calling flood victims ‘cattle’ and ‘tramps’

Irina Alashkevich claims the file with derogatory comments was faked.

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A pack of 14 brown bears filmed wondering outside a village in Magadan region

The recording comes as several people get killed and wounded in recent 'worst-ever' bear attacks.

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Did Denisovans usher in the Stone Age in Mongolia?

Mongolian Palaeolithic sites in may prove a missing link in the map of these ancient hominins.

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Siberian flood forces hermit killer to leave taiga where he was hiding for 24 years

For quarter of a century he waited for police to come for him, convinced - wrongly - he had murdered girlfriend and her daughter in knife attack.

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Sun disappears over the Pole of Cold, in bizarre repeat of last year’s blackout

Residents of sub-Arctic Verkhoyansk district of Yakutia woke up in complete darkness.

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Homes burnt to ashes, shells in the streets as residents of Achinsk return home

People who live near ammunition depot explosion site find war-like ruins.

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The Bank of Russia official exchange rates of foreign currencies

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