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'Lavrentiev Prospect, Akademgorodok was in the Guinness Book of Records as the 'world's most scientific street''

Skyscrapers of a bleak city loom out of icy mist on Tazov peninsula - but it is an amazing mirage

Despite appearances, there is no city anywhere near this oil and gas facility in the Arctic.

Werewolf maniac Mikhail Popkov sentenced for life

50,000 year old tiara made of woolly mammoth ivory found in world famous Denisova Cave...

25 polar bears plus cubs besiege village of Ryrkaypiy in Chukotka

Hero dog that saved owner during three weeks lost in chilly Siberian wilderness has died

Fragment of 19th century Scottish rum flagon proves Arctic wreck is famous explorer’s vessel Eira

2,000 year old mummified ‘sleeping beauty’ dressed in silk emerges from Siberian reservoir

50,000 year old Siberian bones may be the ‘oldest Homo sapiens' outside Africa and Middle East

Silicon Taiga can become a reality to drive Russia forward, Vladimir Putin urged

Polar bear struggles with best selfie look on remote Wrangel Island

Village besieged by polar bears as hundreds of terrorised walruses fall 38 metres to their deaths 

New polar bear star of Moscow Zoo is symbol of a dire problem for species caused by climate change

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

Black gold: inventors find the way to extract precious metal from cinders

Major new ice hockey stadium to be built in Novosibirsk

DiCaprio: will he be sent to Siberia TWICE?

DiCaprio wins Siberian Oscar 

World famous ballet star Sergei Polunin returns to Siberia

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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Features

Rare Siberian Saker Falcon illegally caught and sold for $42,000 to an UAE buyer

Ecologists from several countries lost battle to poachers who caught an endangered dark-feathered bird.

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‘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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Features

Where the Gods play football - amazing Arctic island fit for Champions as World Cup reaches climax

Giant natural balls in the Franz Josef archipelago that leave scientists flummoxed.

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Haunting last picture before execution of the boy born to be Russia’s tsar

Image goes on display at new Tobolsk museum dedicated to the exile of Nikolai II and family shortly before they were shot.

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Yak calf born in Pleistocene Park: will a hybrid elephant-mammoth be next?

It now seems likely in a matter of years; before this, the first bison since their extinction 10,000 years ago will be re-introduced.

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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.

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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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