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'The Yenisey is powerful, furious hero who does not know what to do with his strength and youth'
A.P. Chekhov, 1890

11 carriages of explosives, a giant An-124 and four Il-76s - Operation Move a Mountain begins

Military strikes from air not ruled out to move giant landslide blocking Bureya River causing flood threat to villages.

Tiger king Tikhon who sought human help wants to return to the wild after having dental treatment

World’s longest railway blocked by derailed cargo train

Nature and man combine to create stunning ‘ice mushrooms’ in Amur region

Coldest race in the world is run at -52C in Yakutia

Deer curling in Siberia, as angler slides a roebuck to safety on frozen lake

Extinct ancient foal in pioneering cloning experiment is older than initially believed

Cloning of mammoth will be successful in 10 years, predicts head of region earmarked for their home

Cute first pictures of new 50,000 year old cave lion cub found perfectly preserved in permafrost

Blood coloured rain in Arctic? A biblical plague? The apocalypse? What’s going on?

Mass death of herring on Sakhalin island: what is the cause?

UPDATED: Arctic river turns red again - two years after ‘pollution problem' supposedly fixed

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

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

Fan killed in fight between rival football club fans in Novosibirsk

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

Record pink rough diamond found by Alrosa subsidiary in Siberia 

Russia offers a bridge across history to connect Tokyo to the Trans-Siberian railway 

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

Dali and Picasso get warm welcome in Mongolia

Siberians mark end of the snow season with annual swimsuit skiing day

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

Row as schoolchildren aged 7 to 16 taught to pole dance

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Features

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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The ‘Iron Lady’ of Siberia invites you to visit Yakutsk, the world’s coldest city

Sardana Avksentyeva swept to power as mayor of Russia’s diamond capital in September.

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Features

‘Mowgli girl’ who survived alone aged 4 in bear infested wild for 12 nights becomes young ballerina

Amazing Karina Chikitova in 2014 captured the hearts of people around the world after staying alive with her dog in wild: now she is thriving.

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Unique 19th century English steam engine found in the depths of Siberian taiga

This witness to the Siberian gold rush might be the only one left in the world.

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Scary Arctic idols around Vaygach island, the ‘territory of death’

For hundreds of years visitors to this Arctic outpost have been frightened by terrifying totems and human sacrifices. 

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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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