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Professor, 69, risked his life by deliberately catching COVID-19 to test his immune response

Alexander Chepurnov had already recovered once when he re-infected himself in an experiment.

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

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

Miracle as boy, 3, survives by walking alone across taiga at -30C after seeing his father die on snowmobile

Nine workers killed in underground inferno 363 metres deep in potassium mine

Nine men trapped underground after fire broke inside a potassium mine

It's BP (B***** Painful!) for BP in Siberian court

European economic woes take shine off Alrosa diamonds... but gold gleams

For the first time, power from Siberia could be sold to the West

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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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