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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

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

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'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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News

Angry passengers storm out of a Siberian airport after hours of waiting for quarantine papers

Nearly 700 people got stuck inside a small waiting area as two flights from Thailand landed in Krasnoyarsk.

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Seven time zones of Siberia and Russian Far East are almost clear of coronavirus - but why?

Virus expert says doubts ‘gnaw’ at him over lack of confirmed cases east of Urals to Pacific.

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Teeing off for golf contest on frozen surface of the world’s deepest lake

More than 40 participants from Russia and abroad take part in the annual Lake Baikal challenge.

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Features

The day the world’s most polluted city was in Siberia

Pictures show the impact of smog in Krasnoyarsk, as it scored worse for air quality than Mumbai, Dhaka and Kolkata.

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The Leo Express: a rescued Amur leopard is sent on a 9h flight across Russia to cure back tumour

One of world’s rarest big cats was hit by a car and went through months of treatment at the rescue centre in Russian Far East.

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Admiral Kolchak’s archive has returned to Russia 100 years after his execution

A group of Russian billionaires spent over 3 million euro at French auction to buy historic papers of the man who tried - and failed - to halt Bolsheviks.

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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.

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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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