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'Lake Baikal's ability to purify itself is down to an endemic microscopic shrimp called epischura baikalensis'
'Sacred Sea', Peter Thomson

Arctic fires worsen and threaten world famous park set up to recreate flora of woolly mammoth era

Worrying videos and pictures show how the pristine polar region of northern Yakutia is ablaze.

Mysterious mountain palace, one of the wonders of Siberia, was built in 777 AD

Next ‘stop’ Kara Sea in the Arctic Ocean?

Yak calf born in Pleistocene Park: will a hybrid elephant-mammoth be next?

Monument to Stalin’s folly: relics of the Railroad of Death where ‘300,000 prisoners perished’

Russia's last Mohican: 61 year old hermit refuses to leave deserted military garrison

Up-close laboratory pictures of ancient mummy as scientists recreate his life and times

The smoking gun 'proving ancient man killed woolly mammoth 45,000 years ago'

A unique Siberian dinosaur exactly as it looked 150 million years ago

Ambitious project to revamp closed paper plant put on hold

Global warming could happen quicker in Russia's coldest region

State of emergency declared as Baikal falls to lowest level in 60 years

We have to make Siberia a territory of exceptional economic and social comfort

Siberian gem giant Alrosa predicted to raise up to $1.8 billion in 16% stock float

We like it on top... rising use of Northern Sea Route

Ice and Fire to link frozen Siberia with red-hot Oz

Nadya Belousova: how a 12 year Siberian model went onto the world stage

Hollywood star Vinnie Jones in trouble with his wife after being seen with TWO Siberian women

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Pole of Cold district that recently recorded desert-like heat of +38C now sees snow

Topsy-turvy summer swings from Saudi-heat to freezer in Arctic north of Russia’s largest region of Yakutia.

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Eerie wildfire phoenix seen from space 50km south of the Arctic circle

230 wildfires rage in Russia’s coldest republic of Yakutia, with state of emergency declared in Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk regions.

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No lunch today! Rescued Amur tigress flips in the air and falls on her back as she misses prey

The rare predator learns to hunt in the rehabilitation centre, and the first lessons are hard.

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Brown bear comes to vote at a polling station in Western Siberia

Stressed 3-month-old Glafira pulled by handler to sit down by the ballots and pose for photographers in Barnaul.

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A Chinese and a Russian brown bear fight at the state border

Barbed fence and trail camera smashed by furious males, leaving the winner unknown.

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Norilsk Nickel caught dumping poisonous waste into rivers month after the catastrophic diesel leak

Company’s bulldozer was in such rush to dismantle pipes after being filmed by ecologists that it crashed a police car.

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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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