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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.

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Vladivostok customs stopped a radioactive Toyota Prius that arrived from Japan

There were 875 contaminated items sent back by Russia since 2011 Fukusima-1 nuclear power plant disaster.

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

Kerechene was laboratory-made in South Korea by scientists who also want to genetically engineer the return of the woolly mammoth.

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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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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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