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'Lake Baikal, where the ice queen cast her spell'
Mike Carter, The Observer, 2009

First pictures emerge of a Russian man whose ammonium nitrate cargo detonated in the port of Beirut

The 2,750 tonnes cargo of Khabarovsk-born businessman Igor Grechushkin was detained in Lebanon in 2013.

Distressing shooting of bear swimming in Lake Baikal by ‘tourists’ prompts check by prosecutors

Two people rescued from Siberia’s highest peak after Robinson helicopter crash landed on Mt Belukha

Big Mac to surge across Siberia despite frosty relations between Russia and America

Date set for completion of the great new Siberian railway

Coal heads to Korean countries as part of joint North-South operation

World Cup causes dip in tourist numbers to Thailand

Siberian teenager wins silver in shooting thanks to hunting lessons from age of 6

Major new ice hockey stadium to be built in Novosibirsk

Beaver's teeth 'used to carve the oldest wooden statue in the world'

Siberian scientists develop laser scanner to detect minuscule traces of explosives

Burial site of Siberian Robin Hood unearthed in Altai Republic 

Ekaterinburg Opera Theatre to open Bangkok’s International Festival of Dance & Music

DiCaprio wins Siberian Oscar 

World famous ballet star Sergei Polunin returns to Siberia

Siberia's wildfires seen from 1 million miles away: even the tundra is burning

'Wildlife specialists' torture and kill buzzard in shock video

New kind of bear hunt from eye in the sky

Thailand wants more tourists from Siberia

Summer fun in Siberia

Siberia gets a purrfect cafe!

Rent-a-cat to take away your stress

Traces found of bear thought to have died out decades ago

We ate our friend who died of cold after we got lost in taiga, admits fisherman

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Features

First pictures & video of soft tissues preserved on a newly-discovered mammoth shared by scientists

Parts of massive skull were also found in silt of Yamal peninsula’s lake, but sadly there was no brain nor tusks.

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Lifelike face of a tattooed Tashtyk man seen for first time behind a stunning gypsum death mask

Aged 25 to 30 when he died 1,700 years ago, he is from the mountainous region of modern-day Khakassia.

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Arctic fires worsen and threaten world famous park set up to recreate flora of woolly mammoth era

Worrying videos and pictures show how the pristine polar region of northern Yakutia is ablaze.

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Hurricane force winds destroy homes: welcome to new normal for Siberia, say scientists

Extreme weather phenomena along with wildfires and flooding are the future 'due to global climate change’.

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Tigress who came out of the woods to seek help can be a pet who escaped owners or was thrown out

The rare predator was caught after weeks of wandering into a village in Russian Far East.

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Russia’s loneliest woman doesn’t know there is virus pandemic in the world

Siberian hermit Agafya Lykova was not told the news to protect her from getting worried and upset.

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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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