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Shock in city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky over deaths after two tried to rescue their friend from heating drain.

Young boys scream in pain and terror as they are shown being struck repeatedly with a belt by a vicious female 'carer'.

Harry Potter joins Vladimir Lenin in coal-mining Kemerovo.

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In a remote ice cave in Siberia, three legendary white-bearded figures hold an unexpected conclave.

Praise for people who give blood in Siberia's biggest city at a special nationwide action day for donors on Saturday.

The American fast food chain is on the way into the largest (populated) Big Mac-free territory on the globe: but do the locals want it?

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