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Single father deserts his two children at Moscow airport with note begging to help

Viktor Gavrilov, 41, flew them 8 hours from Khabarovsk and vows to return to boys, 5 and 7, after earning money.

Vladivostok customs stopped a radioactive Toyota Prius that arrived from Japan

Cloned laika dog supermum gives birth to her second litter of 7 puppies in 7 months

The tigress who came in from the wild because she needed a dentist

Record warm January temperatures logged in Russian Arctic

‘Tiger almost ate my left arm - I stuffed it in beast’s jaw to stop him going for my neck’

Hotel revolution in Siberia

Venice, Paris, London, Madrid - and now Surgut

First glimpse at the ideas to boost the economies of Eastern Siberia and Far East?

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Features

Indian elephants escape circus, go for a snow bath in Yekaterinburg

Runaway duo blocks traffic in the centre of the city as they splash in the snow.

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Arctic island woolly mammoth shows strongest evidence yet of human slaughter and butchering
Ancient men cut all the meat, severed the trunk, removed the brain and pulled out bone marrow from all the limbs.
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The world’s rarest big cat is filmed in stunning video in Far East of Russia

Congratulations to South Korean photographer Choi Kisoon for getting unique footage.

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Moment snow boarder is attacked by irate capercaillie

Giant grouse took offence at being sprayed with snow at a Russian ski resort.

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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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A mummified woman with a Christian cross dashes hopes of finding first Russian fortress in Yakutia

A grave on Lena River sand bank ‘proves site north of Yakutsk city is not historic original Cossack settlement’ in coldest region.

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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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