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'Lake Baikal: the very name fills Russian hearts with awe'
Mike Carter, The Observer

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.

Archeologists find 1,500 years old mummy in Mongolia

Who was the 'phantom girl' in these 110-year-old photographs?

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

Experiment to grow narcotic-free cannabis in Siberia ends in a puff of smoke

The biggest cat in the world

Scientists to recreate 2,300 y.o brain surgery after finding evidence of successful operations

Love me - love my fox, tamed and trained

Well, what a clever dog!

From Russia with love… Siberia’s new beauty queens

Give me a train ticket! A bear on the rampage at remote railway station

'Cleopatra's necklace' found in a Siberian grave

Siberian Jew was on board 'crashed' Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777-200

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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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Forgotten or abandoned at airport by owners, Malysh the black dog is looking for new home

The friendly stray was found by staff of Khabarovsk airport in the Far East of Russia.

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Hunting dog helped find unconscious girl who left home after an argument with parents

Ten year old child was rescued dehydrated and frostbitten 30 hours after she vanished.

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Features

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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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.

We say

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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