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Volcano warning for city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky amid ‘very likely’ eruption

City of 180,000 is just 26 km from ‘waking’ Avachinsky on Pacific’s ring of fire.

Flares used to scare away 63 polar bears besieging a remote Russian village

T-34 polar bear video explained: scientists marked the predator in 'safe paint'

Siberia votes with rest of Russia for stability and six more years of Vladimir Putin

Gold rush in -24C to find the $368 million treasures that fell from back of plane

Plane loses its $368 million cargo of gold, platinum and diamonds on takeoff

Gazprom unveils major $38 billion Siberian gas development in Asian export drive

Giant new Siberian gas field starts production to supply Europe

From the freezer to the oven in six and half hours

Tomsk Airport closed for the second time this week as Siberian forest fire crisis deepens

Smog clouds gather over Omsk, Tomsk and Novosibirsk

'Stay home'. Smog alert issued in Siberia's largest city and surrounding region

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Giant sauropods lived in polar conditions in world’s coldest region, say scientists

Evidence of the dinosaurs found at Teete locality in Yakutia, just 450 km south of the Arctic Circle.

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Russian birch trees are ‘climbing mountains’ due to climate change

Forests on the march thanks to global warming, says new research by Krasnoyarsk Science Centre.

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Wildlife sat-nav goes awry as White Stork and Flamingo defy nature and fly to Siberia in winter

Frantic efforts to save the wrong-turn birds from harsh cold.

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Northern reindeer that roamed Taymyr peninsula are at the brink of extinction

Poaching, climate change and excessive hunting caused colossal population drop.

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2,300 year old wooden house is rebuilt, and it fits together down to the last centimetre

Timber from potentate’s log cabin was superbly persevered in permafrost, allowing us to see how ancient man lived.

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Siberian puppy frozen in permafrost for 14,300 years gives scientists major RNA breakthrough

Never before has RNA - Ribonucleic acid - sequencing been carried out from so far back in time.

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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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