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'Lake Baikal: the very name fills Russian hearts with awe'

Mike Carter, The Observer

New spill of 45 tons of jet fuel pollutes tundra in Taymyr

State of emergency declared as second ecological nightmare hits in less than two months.

Hail, fires and tropical storms, with temperature hitting record +35C in world’s coldest city

Mother-of-two, 39, killed by brown bear in Krasnoyarsk region

Pole of Cold district that recently recorded desert-like heat of +38C now sees snow

Eerie wildfire phoenix seen from space 50km south of the Arctic circle

No lunch today! Rescued Amur tigress flips in the air and falls on her back as she misses prey

World’s largest ‘explosion’ could have been caused by iron asteroid entering and leaving atmosphere

Race to unravel mystery of 1908 Tunguska catastrophe - the world’s biggest explosion

Tragic moment a rare Amur tiger cub is fatally hit by a bus in Russian Far East

Cooking secrets of the Neolithic era revealed in groundbreaking scientific tests

56 hungry polar bear besiege village in Chukotka

2019 to be ‘worst-ever year’ for wildfires in Siberia and ‘only rain can now extinguish flames’

Splashing in the icy Pacific as if it was Thailand - but it’s a great ‘cure for cellulite’

No Go for Go-Go Bars as Thailand aims for quality and family tourism

Russia woos Thailand with business opportunities in Siberia and Kremlin’s Pacific rim

Yoga at -41C on the famous Baikal-Amur Mainline railway

Major increase in Russian tourism to Thailand, with 22% rise in 2017

Fan killed in fight between rival football club fans in Novosibirsk

Russia in ‘remarkable recovery story’ as number of visitors to Phuket soar

Burning angel gets second degree burns to win $350 prize at snow festival

Don't mess with Siberia's strongest woman as she deals with crazy driver

'The next stop on the Trans-Siberian railway... was designed in London'

Dali and Picasso get warm welcome in Mongolia

New Miss Russia, 18, 'never posed as a beauty' when she grew up

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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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Mysterious mountain palace, one of the wonders of Siberia, was built in 777 AD

Breathtaking island complex close to Mongolian border rumoured to have been built for tragic Chinese princess.

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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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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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