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'In the West sometimes they think that Siberia is snow and nothing else. But there is such life and energy here!'

dancer Sergei Polunin

Brown bear filmed crossing 3km wide Avacha Bay in the Pacific Ocean

The unusual swimmer stunned fishermen who said they never saw bears venturing so far out to sea.

Stunning pictures of the world’s only uniquely preserved cave lion cubs as new secrets revealed

Boy, 11 wins fight against school ban on tying hair like Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Bear attacks international expedition and drags terrified MA student out of tent

Champion ice swimmer drowns in Yenisei River

Poaching scandal over video showing catch of ‘largest freshwater fish in world’

Finally! Operation begins to release ‘whale jail’ inmates, announced on Putin’s TV hotline

Don’t feed the lost polar bear! warn Russian experts as rescue poised to begin

Starving polar bear 'can hardly move', say residents of Norilsk

First video of ancient ‘bear-like’ wolf preserved in the permafrost for more than 40,000 years

Still snarling after 40,000 years, a giant Pleistocene wolf discovered in Yakutia

Turtles lived with dinosaurs above the Arctic Circle, say scientists

Business mission in Kuril Islands signals a new era for Russia and Japan

Iconic mammoth hotel planned for Lake Baikal with soaring-100 metre high tusks

Sparkling Far East of Russia - Indian KGK to invest $50 million into a diamond-cutting factory

Players tee off with red balls for golf on the world's deepest lake

Tragedy as runner dies from 'cardiac arrest' during Baikal ice marathon

Woman pulls two trams full of passengers weighing 36 tons - in minus 20 cold

Row as schoolchildren aged 7 to 16 taught to pole dance

DiCaprio formally invited to visit Siberia after winning 'people's Oscar' from Yakutians

DiCaprio warns of climate change threat as he accepts 'Siberian Oscar'

The Siberian ice bucket challenge: Tomsk beats New York

How Siberia's famous swamp could become the next big winter tourist draw

Splash! Skier plunges into -15C Lake Baikal after hitting thin ice

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2,300 year old wooden house is rebuilt, and it fits together down to the last centimetre

Timber from potentate’s log cabin was superbly persevered in permafrost, allowing us to see how ancient man lived.

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Siberian puppy frozen in permafrost for 14,300 years gives scientists major RNA breakthrough

Never before has RNA - Ribonucleic acid - sequencing been carried out from so far back in time.

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Pure waters of Lake Baikal in danger from 6.5 million tons of toxic waste

Immediate public audit of a high risk waste storage in Russia is urged.

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Revealed: the sophisticated techniques of ancient artists who created these fantastical images

Scientists unlock intriguing 5,000-year-old secrets of prehistoric illustrators behind Karakol stunning artwork.

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Ryzhik the Siberian cat who refuses to be defeated by frostbite

The pet lost all four paws in January in -40C cold in Tomsk, but video shows him walking again with artificial titanium limbs.

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The Birdman of Siberia: sensational finds in the heart of Russia puzzle scientists

5,000 years old graves reveal shamans in bird beak ‘collar’ and bronze ‘spectacles’.

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