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Arctic emergency as scientific station's ice sheet breaks up putting 16 researchers in jeopardy

The Russian government has ordered the evacuation of North Pole-40 Arctic Station.

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Huge new oil deposits in Siberia shown in space imaging probes

More than ten new oil deposits are discovered in Krasnoyarsk region, one of them of major significance.

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Major energy innovation forum in Tomsk, with players like Rosatom, Gazprom and Rosneft taking part

The 15th INNOVUS forum opens over two days with 50 events aimed at discussing Russia's Innovative Development Strategy until 2020.

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Kamchatka people told to keep calm as region hit by series of earthquakes

A series of tremors in recent days measuring  4.7 to 6.4 points on the Richter scale have been registered  east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

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How dogs were early Man's best friend in Siberia 8,000 years ago

Intriguing new research of burial sites close to Lake Baikal has re-written our understanding of the human relationship with dogs.

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Three beautiful young women, all murdered in separate cases after breaking up with their boyfriends

A shocking new trend has hit Siberia: men murdering the girlfriends who spurn them.

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They say Siberians have a love of adventure in their blood, as Alexey Kamersanov proves

A Novosibirsk-based businessman and traveller along with his friends are embarking on a drive from the heart of Siberia to the southernmost point of Eurasia.

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What really happened to the missing Antonov 'ghost plane' as relatives of victims hint at foul play
Piles of bones were found in the fire damaged wreckage of an Antonov-2 plane lost almost a year ago which a massive search had earlier failed to locate.
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Russia's mightiest companies to move to Siberia in three years?
If you want proof of Russia's business gravity moving east, go no further than a proposal from the country's top woman politician Valentina Matviyenko.
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Meet Siberian granny who won Vladimir Putin's backing for her crusade against red tape

Aleftina Rapatsevich, 85, a survivor of the wartime Siege of Leningrad, was infuriated at the lack of action by her housing management company.

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Sent to Siberia

Let's be honest - Russian food doesn't usually get a great press
It is regarded so awful that it is forever stuck around the bottom of world cuisine polls (not below English though, I hasten to add!)

Born in Siberia

The biggest cat in the world

Meet our unique Siberian love child, a female cross between a lion and a tigress, and the undisputed star of Novosibirsk Zoo.

Voice of Siberia

Invisible people, are they?
It was very sad and offensive to hear the 'real' models saying something like 'What is this circus?' 'What do disabled people do here?'

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Remains of the remarkable tattooed 'princess' are to go on pubic display

A go-ahead for the 2500 year old 'Princess Ukok' to be displayed by a museum comes after scientific checks on her corpse. 

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