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A.P. Chekhov, 1890

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.

Scottish pubs provide cheer in Urals and Siberia despite economic gloom

Marriott chain 'to expand in Siberia with Novosibirsk developments'

Rookie FSB agents are punished for 'indecent' graduation jinx in Moscow

Scottish pubs provide cheer in Urals and Siberia despite economic gloom

Marriott chain 'to expand in Siberia with Novosibirsk developments'

'Truly amazing' scientific discovery on adaptation of Yakutian horses to cold

Pink Siberia - another flamingo is lost after heading north

Life is hard enough without having to build separate climbing frames.

Pamela Anderson in animal welfare plea to leaders, promising to save Siberian big cats

Leading Chinese businessman Jack Ma visits Tyva Republic

Russian tsar 'lived secretly as monk in Siberia' for decades

America and Russia work together to recall wartime flights over Siberia

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Russia unearths its largest ever colour 236-carat rough diamond
The stunning gem aged from 120 to 230 million years was mined in Arctic Yakutia.
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First pictures emerge of a Russian man whose ammonium nitrate cargo detonated in the port of Beirut

The 2,750 tonnes cargo of Khabarovsk-born businessman Igor Grechushkin was detained in Lebanon in 2013.

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Distressing shooting of bear swimming in Lake Baikal by ‘tourists’ prompts check by prosecutors

The predator ran along the shore then swam out towards the boat, but posed no threat when killed with a single rifle shot to the head.

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Features

First pictures & video of soft tissues preserved on a newly-discovered mammoth shared by scientists

Parts of massive skull were also found in silt of Yamal peninsula’s lake, but sadly there was no brain nor tusks.

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Lifelike face of a tattooed Tashtyk man seen for first time behind a stunning gypsum death mask

Aged 25 to 30 when he died 1,700 years ago, he is from the mountainous region of modern-day Khakassia.

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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.

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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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