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'Baikal is starting to attract pioneering tourists looking for an extreme wilderness experience'
Mike Carter, The Observer

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Loving home needed for unique baby born with no eyes
Little Sasha is the third registered case in the world but ‘alone in being otherwise completely healthy’.
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On top of the world in Siberia, Vladimir Putin relaxes ahead of his 67th birthday

The Russian president chooses an elevated spot overlooking the Yenisei River to unwind ahead of his special day on Monday.

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Spot the rare Amur leopard - the world’s most endangered big cat - hiding in this picture

There are less than 120 of these animals living in the wild and we promise one of them IS in this photo.

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Girl, 6, born without half her face returns to Russia laughing for first time after surgery in UK

Darina now on the way to a longed-for normal childhood thanks to pioneering British treatment - and our generous readers.

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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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Did extinct woolly mammoths have ‘heaters’ to melt snow in their trunks?

Intriguing evidence from well-preserved calf Yuka of ‘cobra hood-shaped bulge’ on trunk that is absent in modern elephants

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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.

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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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