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'Today Siberia is a vast region of bustling metropolises and magnificent landscapes'

A. J. Haywood

Turtles lived with dinosaurs above the Arctic Circle, say scientists

With partial shells, this intriguing new fossil find in modern-day Yakutia shows this northern polar region in Cretaceous times was not….cold.

Snack à la Jurassic Park for Kamchatka’s brown bears

The world’s nickel capital Norilsk is gripped by eternal winter

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

Siberian scientists develop laser scanner to detect minuscule traces of explosives

300 volunteers needed to test 'top secret' Ebola vaccine

Medieval weapon-making foundry discovered on shore of Lake Baikal

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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A peer traveller falls knee-deep in ice-cold water

Our reporter completes Day 4 of Baikal skating tour safe and sound

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Flying with the wind and climbing ice poles

Our reporter Olga Gertcyk continues skating on the world's deepest lake. Enjoy Day 3 of her Baikal diary!

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I'm on the frozen surface of the world's deepest lake - and then there is an earthquake

Our reporter skates Baikal when the ice moves: Day 2 of Olga Gertcyk's diary

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Ever dreamed of skating the world’s deepest lake?

Our reporter goes through days of sleeping on ice and survives a Baikal earthquake. Baikal Trip Diary, Day 1

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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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The Bank of Russia official exchange rates of foreign currencies

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