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'Dancing in light, shimmering.. like a giant diorama made from mother-of-pearl… was Lake Baikal'
Mike Carter, The Observer, 2009

Lake Baikal 'holds key to new advances in antibiotics'

Scientists make crucial new discoveries of bacteria, up to 30 million years old.

Siberia's best-kept tourism secret

World's deepest lake shrouded in smoke, swimmers covered in ash

Lake Baikal 'holds key to new advances in antibiotics'

Siberia's best-kept tourism secret

World's deepest lake shrouded in smoke, swimmers covered in ash

First images released from stunning film about bears of the Russian Far East

Please support this brave girl who was only given a week to live

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

Books needed for the best Siberian library in the mountains!

'Are you completely out of your mind? Has vodka damaged the last Russian brain cell?'

Another look back at remarkable moments of 2013

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Loving home needed for unique baby born with no eyes
Little Sasha is the third registered case in the world but ‘alone in being otherwise completely healthy’.
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On top of the world in Siberia, Vladimir Putin relaxes ahead of his 67th birthday

The Russian president chooses an elevated spot overlooking the Yenisei River to unwind ahead of his special day on Monday.

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Spot the rare Amur leopard - the world’s most endangered big cat - hiding in this picture

There are less than 120 of these animals living in the wild and we promise one of them IS in this photo.

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Features

Girl, 6, born without half her face returns to Russia laughing for first time after surgery in UK

Darina now on the way to a longed-for normal childhood thanks to pioneering British treatment - and our generous readers.

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Northern reindeer that roamed Taymyr peninsula are at the brink of extinction

Poaching, climate change and excessive hunting caused colossal population drop.

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Did extinct woolly mammoths have ‘heaters’ to melt snow in their trunks?

Intriguing evidence from well-preserved calf Yuka of ‘cobra hood-shaped bulge’ on trunk that is absent in modern elephants

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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.

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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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