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'Lake Baikal: the very name fills Russian hearts with awe'
Mike Carter, The Observer

Ten polar bears - six adults and four cubs - besiege a stalled rubbish truck in Russian Arctic

Fellow driver tries to scare the predators away as they climb inside the truck to feast on scraps.

New beluga family saved as rescuers call for creating whale emergency centres in Russian Far East

Hero inspector saves two adult beluga whales and one beluga calf stranded on the beach 

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

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

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

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

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

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

Siberian princess goes global 2,500 years after her death

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

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

Siberia Airlines stunning music video nominated for Grammy

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

Ready for a cold bath, Siberian-style?

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

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

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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Brown bear cubs fall victim to adult males in Eurasia's largest protected population of the species

This spike of bear cannibalism is reported at the South-Kamchatka nature reserve in Kamchatka.

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Dead giant octopuses washed ashore south from Kamchtka peninsula on the Kuril Islands

Mass death of hydrobionts and fish at the Sea of Okhotsk, west of Kamchatka as battle of the toxic tide versions continues.

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Red Book saker falcon wounded by poachers gets wings extensions so it can fly again

The prized bird destined to work for a rich man in the United Arab Emirates released back to wild.

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Stunning Bronze Age statuette with a tattooed face and a bone mask found in Siberia

The clay figurine was perched on shoulder of a woman laid to rest about 5,000 years ago.

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Spectacular red sprites - ultrafast bursts of electricity - filmed over the Urals

Amateur astronomer Ilya Yankovsky shared stunning video of the elusive atmospheric phenomena.

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Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev’s historic ‘personal plane’ found at aviation graveyard in Arctic
Rusting Ilyushin Il-14P with tail number СССР-61755 is located 61 years after his famous speech to the United Nations.
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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.

Voice of Siberia

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

We say

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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