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Popular Sheregesh in Kemerovo region to get a $131 million Sochi-style makeover.
20 participants pedalled through icy mist and snow in Russia's permafrost capital.
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Animal charity WWF Russia in plea for help to prevent repeat of 1980s winter crisis that killed 90% of species in the region.
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Famous for its lonely loo with a view at 2,600 metres - 8,530ft - this meteorological outpost provides essential data for the world.
Summer 2020 follows unusually hot and dry spring in swinging between the extremes.