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'In the West sometimes they think that Siberia is snow and nothing else. But there is such life and energy here!'
dancer Sergei Polunin

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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Hell on fire! Raging bush inferno at Batagai Depression, giant gash in the tundra

After a month of warm, dry weather and wildfires, the huge crater nicknamed ‘Mouth of Hell’ is now under direct threat.

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The world’s most unusual beach is a glacier in Russia’s Kingdom of Permafrost

Today it's +32C in Yakutsk, the world’s coldest city, and locals escape heatwave like true Siberians - by chilling on ice.

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Survivor of river tragedy overwhelmed with grief after losing wife and children on way to wedding

Off-road vehicle was swept away by swirling flow killing 7 children and 3 adults - including the bridegroom who was driving the jeep.

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Features

Race against time and waves as Russian archaeologists rescue Siberia’s remarkable Atlantis

Sensational underwater treasures - including mummies of Hun-era fashionistas - recaptured from oblivion.

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Siberian hermit, 75, who ‘lives in 18th century’ refuses to be moved by Space Age

Agafya Lykova rejects leaving her remote house even though debris from coming rocket launch could fall dangerously close.

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Ice tsunami in the extreme north of Russia means summer is finally here

Residents of Dudinka share this impressive - ok, scary! - video of ice breaking on the Yenisei River.

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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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