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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

Snow tsunami shows winter arriving, as pictures show ice halo and noodles in the Siberian cold

Dog rescued after tail and hind legs get frozen on iced lake

Teenage dies a hero after saving his cousin from bear attack

Two types of Siberian fish 'lead the world in richness of their Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids'

Unique 5,000 year old figurine with feather headdress found in old potato field in Novosibirsk

Is this proof early man weaponised ivory from woolly mammoth tusks to kill....woolly mammoths?

Poacher fined $155,000 for illegal hunting of 6 endangered tigers, and 46 bears

Tiger shot in the head by poachers 'may go back to wild' after surgery

Desperate attempt to save Siberian tiger cub shot in head by poachers

Tokyo to London by train? Ambitious new plan links Trans-Siberian to Japan

Starch success for Siberian scientists in Thailand

Russian Far East can become Thailand's gateway to markets of north China

Director of Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre fired in religious backlash

Court throws out claims Novosibirsk opera offended Orthodox believers

City street could be named after triumphant Golden Globes director

Chocks away! Siberia’s unusual airborne world record attempt

Foreign visitor to Siberia takes part in coldest ever Ice Bucket Challenge

Born in royal capital St Petersburg under the last tsar, Alexander Kaptarenko dies aged 102

No fun on Siberia's pistes? Check out this film!

Siberia warmed up by New York, say US scientists

No winter can break our spirit - or we are not Siberians!

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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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