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How great is the threat of an explosion of smallpox from the thawing permafrost in Siberia?

Leading expert assesses the risk of 'waking up' this deadly disease currently eradicated, and warns that rising Russian levels of HIV brings a far greater risk.

DiCaprio's Siberian Oscar heads for the US

Businessman Vladislav Doronin - former partner of model Naomi Campbell - to deliver the award.

Boy was mauled to death by a pack of wolves or wild dogs, say police

A ten year old boy was ambushed by wild animals close to Lake Yessey in Krasnoyarsk region.

Vladimir Putin orders speeding up of military presence in the Arctic

Swift response by the Russian president to Canada's move to claim seabed under the North Pole and surrounding waters.

Checks for war readiness ordered by Russian president in Siberia and Far East

Troops and government ministries checked 'for fulfilling tasks under wartime conditions'.

20 starving mammoth tusk hunters in dramatic rescue from Arctic island

Marooned men went for up to 3 weeks without food on island in Laptev Sea in temperatures of minus 15C.

Plenty of fun in Siberia for Russians who can't afford to go abroad

Here's how people can substitute Siberia after the falls of the rouble in December 2014.

What's that noise? The woolly mammoths are coming back

The prospects of a cloned mammoth is nearer after the sensational discovery of 'living cells' from the ancient creatures in northern Siberia.

Is there a massive cover-up over the scale of fire carnage in Siberia?

Ecology groups warn that the extent of fires in forests and taiga has been misreported by up to 159 times compared with satellite evidence of the grim facts.