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'Lake Baikal is truly astonishing. One of the most ancient geographical features on Earth, it is estimated to be 30 million years old'
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Manicures, massages, warm milk and 24/7 care to raise polar bear cubs whose mother rejected them

Four Russian women share unique experience of becoming mother bears in the first ever attempt to nurture zoo cubs.

Five year old girl rescued from a sewage well after eight hours at -20C on the island of Sakhalin

Six zoo staff play foster parents to polar bear cubs whose mother rejected them

A fan of online media? A brown bear steals and tears a newspaper from rangers' hut

Air China Boeing 777 makes emergency landing in Russia's easternmost town

One of the world’s rarest big cats found badly wounded in the Far East of Russia

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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Prehistoric people developed a technique for making a playdough-like material from mammoth ivory

The skill of ivory softening was used more than 12,000 years ago to make tools - or decorations - that still puzzle modern science.

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Cows in the world’s coldest inhabited place have to wear mouton bras for outdoor walks

Fur or other natural fabric garments protect Oymyakon cattle from getting frostbitten at -50C.

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Beauty of frozen methane bubbles on the world’s deepest lake shown in stunning video

Irkutsk photographer captures multi-layered columns of bubbles through crystal clear ice.

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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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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.

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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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