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'The Yenisey began life with a groan and ended with a boldness we could never dream of'

A.P. Chekhov, 1890

Volcano warning for city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky amid ‘very likely’ eruption

City of 180,000 is just 26 km from ‘waking’ Avachinsky on Pacific’s ring of fire.

Flares used to scare away 63 polar bears besieging a remote Russian village

T-34 polar bear video explained: scientists marked the predator in 'safe paint'

Hero snow leopard mother with four cubs pictured in Mongolia

Diver rescued after spending two days in freezing sea in the Far East of Russia

Criminal case launched against a captain who allowed female friend to co-pilot civilian plane

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

Turtles lived with dinosaurs above the Arctic Circle, say scientists

Scientists dissect 42,000 year old extinct male foal preserved in permafrost for cloning bid - video

Threat of extinction ‘over’ as Kremlin confirms rarest big cats in world pass key milestone

Concern over raging wildfires as smoke from Siberia crosses Alaska and Canada, reaching New England

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

Growing tomatoes as the cold hits minus 45C. Impossible? Not in Yakutsk

Boost for economy in Russian Far East from Japan, but no solution to Kuril Islands dispute

E-commerce leads to revolution for Russian Post, as mail goes sky-high with new planes

Major new ice hockey stadium to be built in Novosibirsk

Rare $3 million painting by French master Jean-Léon Gérôme returned after 70 years

DiCaprio: will he be sent to Siberia TWICE?

DiCaprio wins Siberian Oscar

Daredevil skiing at 130 km an hour by Siberian stuntman

Coldest bicycle race in the world held in Yakutia

Siberia gets a purrfect cafe!

Summer fun in Siberia

Blood donor movement in Novosibirsk is the best in Russia

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Giant sauropods lived in polar conditions in world’s coldest region, say scientists

Evidence of the dinosaurs found at Teete locality in Yakutia, just 450 km south of the Arctic Circle.

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Russian birch trees are ‘climbing mountains’ due to climate change

Forests on the march thanks to global warming, says new research by Krasnoyarsk Science Centre.

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Wildlife sat-nav goes awry as White Stork and Flamingo defy nature and fly to Siberia in winter

Frantic efforts to save the wrong-turn birds from harsh cold.

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Northern reindeer that roamed Taymyr peninsula are at the brink of extinction

Poaching, climate change and excessive hunting caused colossal population drop.

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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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