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'I love Siberian women, they are incredible'
French actress Carole Bouquet, 2014

Vladivostok customs stopped a radioactive Toyota Prius that arrived from Japan

There were 875 contaminated items sent back by Russia since 2011 Fukusima-1 nuclear power plant disaster.

Cloned laika dog supermum gives birth to her second litter of 7 puppies in 7 months

Forgotten or abandoned at airport by owners, Malysh the black dog is looking for new home

Vast haul of top quality mammoth tusks worth $6 million is seized after FSB operation

Ballistic missile that melts in spring

Presidential visit leaves some people out in the cold

For the first time, power from Siberia could be sold to the West

Oil giant Rosneft enters the race for British stake in TNK-BP

The mountains of Altai get better connected

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Indian elephants escape circus, go for a snow bath in Yekaterinburg

Runaway duo blocks traffic in the centre of the city as they splash in the snow.

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Arctic island woolly mammoth shows strongest evidence yet of human slaughter and butchering
Ancient men cut all the meat, severed the trunk, removed the brain and pulled out bone marrow from all the limbs.
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The world’s rarest big cat is filmed in stunning video in Far East of Russia

Congratulations to South Korean photographer Choi Kisoon for getting unique footage.

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Moment snow boarder is attacked by irate capercaillie

Giant grouse took offence at being sprayed with snow at a Russian ski resort.

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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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A mummified woman with a Christian cross dashes hopes of finding first Russian fortress in Yakutia

A grave on Lena River sand bank ‘proves site north of Yakutsk city is not historic original Cossack settlement’ in coldest region.

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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.

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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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