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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.

Waiting for Leo DiCaprio

Switch the black sky off, demand residents of Krasnoyarsk

Siberians mark end of the snow season with swimsuit skiing day

Waiting for Leo DiCaprio

Switch the black sky off, demand residents of Krasnoyarsk

Pollution 'crisis' in Lake Baikal

'I once lived in a country where we only had Aeroflot: I didn't like it'

What happened when a Siberian village gave up alcohol?

Russia's vast collection of Lenin statues finally finds a new purpose

We never forget the victims of the Beslan school terrorist outrage

Women told to make sure they get enough sleep or risk a stroke or heart attack

Baikal 'no longer the cleanest lake on Earth'

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Troops set to work decontaminating ‘Siberian Chernobyl’ amid fears of ecological catastrophe

Radiation, chemical and biological forces tackle two million tonnes of toxic chemical waste with huge mercury stockpile and oil poisons.

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Russia begins mass vaccination against bubonic plague in danger areas near border with Mongolia

2,500 adults, 623 children so far vaccinated in the Republic of Tuva to prevent flea-spreading of the decease.

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Palm-size rare monkey abandoned by parents who turned all attention to twin baby

Zookeepers nurture cotton-top tamarin neglected by adults.

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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.

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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