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'Lake Baikal is truly astonishing. One of the most ancient geographical features on Earth, it is estimated to be 30 million years old'

Marc Di Duca

Economic boom expected for Siberia due to agreement between Russia and China

New rail bridge linking the two countries symbolizes closest-ever economic co-operation between neighbors.

Only the ill, the elderly and the pregnant stay in cities during the May holidays

Siberian scientists prove Russia has right to huge Arctic mineral resources

Economic boom expected for Siberia due to agreement between Russia and China

Only the ill, the elderly and the pregnant stay in cities during the May holidays

Siberian scientists prove Russia has right to huge Arctic mineral resources

Russia looks East not West for future prosperity

Inspirational women who show the beauty of Siberia

'Siberia is the best place for tourism in the world' - says Kremlin

Russia's capital city should move from Moscow to Siberia

'I will personally supervise economic push!'

The magical Bowing Pine Tree of Lake Teletskoe

Rename the Far East of Russia, says vice premier Dmitry Rogozin

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Far East gets new time zone - as Siberia switches to permanent winter time

Russia will have 11 time zones instead of the current nine, with Siberia's Kemerovo region moving one hour further from Moscow.

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Virgin leaves Irkutsk

Passengers on way to London after an unscheduled stopover in Paris of Siberia.

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State or emergency in Siberia's largest permafrost region - due to wildfires

People evacuated after thunderstorms-with-no-rain ignite foliage and forests.

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Features

Punished for showing real-life Soviet Siberia

Photographers win praise for work which had them in trouble with the Communist Party and KGB.

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Large crater appears at the 'end of the world'

Mysterious 'gigantic' hole in remote region spotted by helicopters over gas-rich Yamal peninsula.

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Introducing the great new Siberian railway, opening soon

Travel for the first time by train to Russia's diamond capital, the coldest city in the world!

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Sent to Siberia

Chinese tourists keen on Soviet retro tourism to Siberia

Beijing proposes tours to neighbouring Khabarovsk region which wind the clock back to the Communist era.

Born in Siberia

How to make a stylish arrival at a Siberian beach

Bikini-clad woman flies in by private helicopter to top up her tan - but now pilot is in trouble.

Voice of Siberia

Economic boom expected for Siberia due to agreement between Russia and China

New rail bridge linking the two countries symbolizes closest-ever economic co-operation between neighbors.

We say

Please support this new 'Happy People' film on Siberia's superb Altai Mountains

Dmitry Vasiukov, famed for his documentary 'Happy People: Yenisei', shown in Russia in 2008, is ready for his next epic journey.

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