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'Today Siberia is a vast region of bustling metropolises and magnificent landscapes'
A. J. Haywood

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

Brown bear filmed crossing 3km wide Avacha Bay in the Pacific Ocean

The unusual swimmer stunned fishermen who said they never saw bears venturing so far out to sea.

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Stunning pictures of the world’s only uniquely preserved cave lion cubs as new secrets revealed

‘Male siblings born 44,000 years ago' found ten metres apart in Yakutia but the truth is rather different - amid hopes to bring species back to life.

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Boy, 11 wins fight against school ban on tying hair like Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Head teacher told talented football player that he looked like a member of Hitler Youth.

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Features

2,300 year old wooden house is rebuilt, and it fits together down to the last centimetre

Timber from potentate’s log cabin was superbly persevered in permafrost, allowing us to see how ancient man lived.

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Siberian puppy frozen in permafrost for 14,300 years gives scientists major RNA breakthrough

Never before has RNA - Ribonucleic acid - sequencing been carried out from so far back in time.

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Pure waters of Lake Baikal in danger from 6.5 million tons of toxic waste

Immediate public audit of a high risk waste storage in Russia is urged.

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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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