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'A quarter of the world's timber grows within Siberia’s boundaries'

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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

Army called in to use artillery to shoot at oil well to extinguish raging fire

State of emergency in Norilsk after 20,000 tons of diesel leaks into Arctic river system

Was it a social media stunt? A truck driver aims a heavy vehicle across an unattended bridge

Researchers discover ancient ‘weapon-making site’ - beside the skeleton of ‘hunted’ woolly mammoth

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

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

Boost for Siberian salt mines as Russia bans Western imports

Sawatdee, Vladivostok! Thai businessmen eye Russian market

$11 billion Chinese scheme to develop Lake Baikal's tourism hub

Authorities decide to fund new UDI school after TV talent show success

Karate world champion murdered in case that has shocked city

Dream still alive for Siberian dance group in Britain's Got Talent

Rising actor found dead amid conflicting reports over what happened

Schoolgirl sets off on 112km expedition to ski to the geographical North Pole

First-ever underwater ice hockey matches held in Siberia

World's biggest eatery flashmob, when anyone can set up a restaurant, cafe or a bar for a day

Siberian scientists tell women the best moment to conceive - in a message flashed to their phones

Siberia 'wins' the world record for bikini ski-ing

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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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