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'The Eastern Section of the Great Vasyugan Mire has been nominated for the Unesco World Heritage List'
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Ancient coloured ‘pencil’ up to 50,000 years old found in Siberia

Cave-dwellers used hematite crayon for art work in Altai Mountains, say archeologists.

Skyscrapers of a bleak city loom out of icy mist on Tazov peninsula - but it is an amazing mirage

Werewolf maniac Mikhail Popkov sentenced for life

Dramatic moment bridge collapses due to ‘heavy truck’ across world famous Trans-Siberian railway

Amazing rescue of helicopter pilot who crashed on snowy mountain and was stranded for four nights

Two geologists drown on diamond prospecting trip in north of Yakutia

Tragic truth about two frozen 55,000 year old cave lion cubs is revealed by scientists

First-ever dinosaur egg found in Russia 'helps prove evolution of modern birds'

Extinct cave lion cub in 'perfect' condition found in Siberia rising cloning hopes

Flying to save the rarest big cat in the world

New nature reserve to protect Great Siberian Ice Hole and mammoth bones

Poacher fined $155,000 for illegal hunting of 6 endangered tigers, and 46 bears

$11 billion Chinese scheme to develop Lake Baikal's tourism hub

Sea launch floating spaceport owned by S7 Group targets dozen launches in 5 years

'Let wealthy tourists buy more expensive diamonds for their wives and girlfriends'

Karate world champion murdered in case that has shocked city

Dream still alive for Siberian dance group in Britain's Got Talent

Rising actor found dead amid conflicting reports over what happened

Team UDI through to semi-final of Britain's Got Talent

Schoolgirl sets off on 112km expedition to ski to the geographical North Pole

First-ever underwater ice hockey matches held in Siberia

Siberian scientists tell women the best moment to conceive - in a message flashed to their phones

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

How do men impress women in the planet's coldest city? Easy - with the coolest dance in the world

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Features

Rare Siberian Saker Falcon illegally caught and sold for $42,000 to an UAE buyer

Ecologists from several countries lost battle to poachers who caught an endangered dark-feathered bird.

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‘Mowgli girl’ who survived alone aged 4 in bear infested wild for 12 nights becomes young ballerina

Amazing Karina Chikitova in 2014 captured the hearts of people around the world after staying alive with her dog in wild: now she is thriving.

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Unique 19th century English steam engine found in the depths of Siberian taiga

This witness to the Siberian gold rush might be the only one left in the world.

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Features

Where the Gods play football - amazing Arctic island fit for Champions as World Cup reaches climax

Giant natural balls in the Franz Josef archipelago that leave scientists flummoxed.

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Haunting last picture before execution of the boy born to be Russia’s tsar

Image goes on display at new Tobolsk museum dedicated to the exile of Nikolai II and family shortly before they were shot.

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Yak calf born in Pleistocene Park: will a hybrid elephant-mammoth be next?

It now seems likely in a matter of years; before this, the first bison since their extinction 10,000 years ago will be re-introduced.

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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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