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The moon over Baikal glittered in different way, like you are looking at sable fur

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Ian Frazier, 2013

Dubai? The Sahara? No, this is a magical stretch of desert in the heart of the coldest region of Siberia!

Model Amina Karat, 34, poses on the Saamys-Kumaga sands in Yakutia.

'The sun is like Thailand, the snow like the Alps, the party like Ibiza’

Splashing in the icy Pacific as if it was Thailand - but it’s a great ‘cure for cellulite’

Dubai? The Sahara? No, this is a magical stretch of desert in the heart of the coldest region of Siberia!

'The sun is like Thailand, the snow like the Alps, the party like Ibiza’

Splashing in the icy Pacific as if it was Thailand - but it’s a great ‘cure for cellulite’

No Go for Go-Go Bars as Thailand aims for quality and family tourism

Yoga at -41C on the famous Baikal-Amur Mainline railway

Siberians mark end of the snow season with annual swimsuit skiing day

The Siberian ice bucket challenge: Tomsk beats New York

How Siberia's famous swamp could become the next big winter tourist draw

Splash! Skier plunges into -15C Lake Baikal after hitting thin ice

Stylist shows he is a cut above the rest with sensational axe show

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Features

Thailand conquers Siberia as massage revolution reaches even the coldest corners of the world

Thai massage experts impress Russian clients in how they take the stress out of life and restore SPArkle in extreme climate.

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Siberian tourists help to change image of Pattaya to family resort

Once branded ‘Sin City’, the popular Thai resort is changing, says Travel Trade Gazette Asia

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Waif-like model Alesya Kafelnikova takes time out in Thailand

Daughter of former world number one tennis star Yevgeny Kafelnikov speaks of new demons but has mother’s support.

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Features

Russians spearhead revival of Phuket’s property market in dash for villas

Many tourists from Russia to Thailand are from Siberia - and after a drastic fall in the wake of the 2014 downturn, they are now back on the tropical vaca...

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Awakening after winter, Siberians pour cold water over themselves

New tradition sees hundreds douse in water to dispel the winter blues.

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Beauty Against Cancer: inspiring pictures show women fighting back

Projects in Khabarovsk and Novosibirsk highlight victims refusing to hide away or be cowed by cancer, challenging prejudice against sufferers.

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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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