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'Krasnoyarsk… is the best and most beautiful of all Siberian cities, with its smoked-coloured and dreamy mountains'
A.P. Chekhov, 1890

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

Support on white Olympic flag for Russian team

The world’s most amazing highways, along frozen Siberian rivers

Merry Christmas from the six 'Santas' of Siberia

A unique Siberian dinosaur exactly as it looked 150 million years ago

Are you my mummy? DNA tests to seek modern relatives of 800 year old mummified boy

Inside a Russian experiment to make life possible on the Moon or Mars

Putrid green algae spreads across shores of Lake Baikal

Massive census to record Amur tiger numbers takes place in the Far East

Putin's tigers survive the abnormally cold winter and are on the move again

Giant state companies wait to hear on 'Go East' move

Salekhard - Arctic capital of Russia becoming the bridge between Europe and Asia

Gulags to Glitz in oil 'boom town'

Welcome inside a unique Siberian modelling school with a mission to smash taboos

The rich ethnic tapestry of Siberia highlighted at congress opening in Salekhard

Promoting Krasnoyarsk: How the Russian State Ballet of Siberia has won British hearts

Three very special Siberian girls and their amazing American Mom and Dad

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

Sizzling Siberians take to the beaches, as the weather gets hotter and hotter

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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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Sent to Siberia

Rookie FSB agents are punished for 'indecent' graduation jinx in Moscow
Gelandewagen parade videos leads to 'career change' as Russia demands highest standards from secret servicemen.

Born in Siberia

Up-close laboratory pictures of ancient mummy as scientists recreate his life and times
Probes taken by South Korean experts will reveal lifestyle of this Arctic boy from 800 years ago.

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Siberians mark end of the snow season with swimsuit skiing day
Locals undress to impress at resorts across four time zones.

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Lake Baikal 'holds key to new advances in antibiotics'
Scientists make crucial new discoveries of bacteria, up to 30 million years old.

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