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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?

Relax - you are in Siberia

First picture of the hero dog which saved three year old Karina

Bottoms up! Not in the Urals and Siberia

How to make a stylish arrival at a Siberian beach

Putin frees three endangered Siberian tiger orphans into the wild

The worm has turned...luminous blue

Ultimate love between mother and daughter

Salekhard becoming the bridge between Europe and Asia

Siberian scientists announce they now have a 'high chance' to clone the woolly mammoth

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

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News

Volcano warning for city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky amid ‘very likely’ eruption

City of 180,000 is just 26 km from ‘waking’ Avachinsky on Pacific’s ring of fire.

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Flares used to scare away 63 polar bears besieging a remote Russian village

Amazing footage shows the bears just 150 metres from the nearest house as shooting is criticised - but does little to deter predators.

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T-34 polar bear video explained: scientists marked the predator in 'safe paint'

The animal got into a habit of visiting rubbish dumps on remote Novaya Zemlya, say researchers.

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Features

Giant sauropods lived in polar conditions in world’s coldest region, say scientists

Evidence of the dinosaurs found at Teete locality in Yakutia, just 450 km south of the Arctic Circle.

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Russian birch trees are ‘climbing mountains’ due to climate change

Forests on the march thanks to global warming, says new research by Krasnoyarsk Science Centre.

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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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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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