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'Lake Baikal is truly astonishing. One of the most ancient geographical features on Earth, it is estimated to be 30 million years old'
Marc Di Duca

Pensioner with pacemaker uses pitchfork to fight off endangered Amur tiger, the world's largest cat

When this failed, Vitaly Saidov grabbed his gun and shot dead the predator to save himself and his family.

Siberian grandmother hailed the Queen of Flex for reading rap in freezing waters of Lake Baikal

Call to avoid 'mob rule' amid mass anger in Yakutsk after ‘kidnap and rape’ by ‘Kyrgyz migrant’

Ropeway of friendship

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

UTAir begins regular weekly flights to new airport in the Arctic

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

Scientists develop system for early diagnosis of Parkinson's, Multiple Sclerosis, and Alzheimer's

Big bang formed crater causing 'glow in sky': explosion was heard 100 km away

Remains of ancient islands closely resembling Hawaii are found in Tian Shan mountains

Siberians opt for Songkran soaking in influx to mark the Thai New Year

World famous ballet star Sergei Polunin returns to Siberia

Victoria's Siberian Secret tells of her thrill at being part of brand's 2015 show

Polar bear slaughtered for 50 litres of gasoline

Mystery gas hits town in Irkutsk region as flowers die and people suffer toxic poisoning

'I guess I won't try ice skating again'

Thailand wants more tourists from Siberia

Blood donor movement in Novosibirsk is the best in Russia

Summer fun in Siberia

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

Proof of a 2,000 kilometre polar trade route in volcanic glass dating back at least 8,000 years

Valuable obsidian travelled during Early Holocene times from Lake  Krasnoe in Chukotka to Zhokhov Island deep in the Arctic.

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Excavating the thick ice under a whole ship at bone-chilling minus 50C?

This is precisely how Yakutia gets its impressive river fleet ready for the new season of navigation.

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Incredible journey to the land where winter begins, the place winter is born

In this exclusive report, Yakutian photographer Nariyana Romanova takes us on a magical journey through her kingdom of ice.

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Features

Flair to avoid snow glare - dazzling eye fashion from 2,000 years ago until today

Siberian goggles among the world’s earliest eyewear to prevent winter blindness from the sun’s piercing reflection.

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Russian military sent to assess giant rockfall blocking Bureya River

Urgent measures underway to evacuate residents of remote villages after flood threat caused by rising water above new ‘dam’.

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Found: man who vanished before the Soviet Union collapsed to live as a hermit

Former paratrooper conscript Timofey Menshikov wanted to escape modern life - and vodka - now faces reunion with family he left behind.

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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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