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'In Siberia… the land is richly blessed and all that is needed is to make the most of it'

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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.

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

Did Denisovans usher in the Stone Age in Mongolia?

Plans for new transport route unveiled to link Pacific with Atlantic

Norilsk breaks records for Arctic heat in a new sign of changing weather patterns

Mummified monk is ‘not dead’ and in rare meditative state, says expert

Pallas's cats to get their own 'palace' in Siberian mountains

Like ducks to water in the snow - keeping kids healthy Siberian style

Moving to Siberia is a 'no brainer', says top Scottish striker signed by FC Tom

'The next stop on the Trans-Siberian railway... was designed in London'

Still snarling after 40,000 years, a giant Pleistocene wolf discovered in Yakutia

Siberia Airlines stunning music video nominated for Grammy

Siberia 'wins' the world record for bikini ski-ing

First pictures from inside the 'crater at the end of the world'

Man lives after bear breaks his spine and keeps him as food inside den

Siberian trainee lawyer voted 'Miss Longest Legs' in Russian beauty contest

Siberian princess goes global 2,500 years after her death

Skater Yulia Lipnitskaya, 15, steals the Olympic show in Sochi

Perfectly-preserved ancient foal is shown to the world for the first time

Ready for a cold bath, Siberian-style?

Russia gives away one hectare of farmland and forest to its citizens

Worms frozen in permafrost for up to 42,000 years come back to life

Siberia's wildfires seen from 1 million miles away: even the tundra is burning

A first new-style power plant is up and running in the Altai Republic: Is this the future?

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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.

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

The deposit and surrounding area were named Royal Salt Shaker by Peter the Great.

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

Sensational underwater treasures - including mummies of Hun-era fashionistas - recaptured from oblivion.

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Ryzhik the Siberian cat who refuses to be defeated by frostbite

The pet lost all four paws in January in -40C cold in Tomsk, but video shows him walking again with artificial titanium limbs.

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Siberian tourists return to Russian after birth of their first child while on honeymoon in Thailand

Couple thank Thai and Russian doctors who save their premature miracle baby.

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Ever dreamed of skating the world’s deepest lake?

Our reporter goes through days of sleeping on ice and survives a Baikal earthquake. Baikal Trip Diary, Day 1

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