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'If you emptied Lake Baikal, it would take every river in the world flowing into it a year to fill.'
Mike Carter, The Observer, 2009

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

We must be faster than fear

Siberia open for business despite sanctions

Vladimir Putin demands action to develop regional air routes

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

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News

Hunting dog helped find unconscious girl who left home after an argument with parents

Ten year old child was rescued dehydrated and frostbitten 30 hours after she vanished.

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Armed man kills court official, wounds witness in Novokuznetsk

The shooter was invited to make a peace deal with his opponent minutes before the attack.

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Doctors use strong magnet to rescue toddler who swallowed 31 magnetic beads

Medics call for ban on such toys, saying damage from them is similar to bullet wounds.

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Features

Arctic island woolly mammoth shows strongest evidence yet of human slaughter and butchering
Ancient men cut all the meat, severed the trunk, removed the brain and pulled out bone marrow from all the limbs.
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The world’s rarest big cat is filmed in stunning video in Far East of Russia

Congratulations to South Korean photographer Choi Kisoon for getting unique footage.

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Moment snow boarder is attacked by irate capercaillie

Giant grouse took offence at being sprayed with snow at a Russian ski resort.

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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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