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'If you emptied Lake Baikal, it would take every river in the world flowing into it a year to fill.'
Mike Carter, The Observer, 2009
bears Siberia
Sing to save you life - official advice on how to avoid brown bear attacks
New 'bear security rules' follow mailings of humans from hungry animal in remote towns and villages.
Village besieged by polar bears as hundreds of terrorised walruses fall 38 metres to their deaths
Around 20 beasts have surrounded Ryrkaypiy, with one bear cub trying to get into a house through the window.
Funerals under armed guard at cemetery after Himalayan bears seen prowling the graves
In earlier case, brown bear plundered graves and ate human remains.
Children banned from playing outside in latest town under siege from bears
Schools and kindergartens ordered to keep students indoors in Kirovsky.
Now wild bears are encroaching Siberia's biggest city: locals told 'no selfies'
Rare appearance of bear close to Novosibirsk leads to warnings to residents.
...and not a bear in sight
I knew very little about Siberia before I got there, and had plenty of stereotypes - which quickly rendered absurd.
I can't bear you! Angry bear in savage attack on the car of hunter who shot him in thigh
The unnamed hunter shot and wounded a bear in a the forest in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug.
Dentist killed by bear while he gathers mushrooms as attacks rise in Siberia
One region has shot 58 ravaging brown bears this year because they intrude too close to settlements, destroying livestock.
Give me a train ticket! A bear on the rampage at remote railway station
Bears are increasingly coming out of the forest in search of food, say wildlife experts.
Granny gives bears their marching orders
She uses her voice to send the mother and cub on their way.
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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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The Bank of Russia official exchange rates of foreign currencies
