People feel better about themselves and their lives, defying the international stereotype of Siberia.
At least 21 more are fighting for life, gravely ill, in hospital from the lethal concoction.
May Day saw around 3,000 'monstrators' out on the streets of Novosibirsk, the latest gathering of a trend that began in 2004.
This and 10 other silly questions answered by the Arctic explorer Alexander Oboimov.
He ekes out a living in the remote village of Dubinka, population 15.
Leonid Durkin, 30, shows how easy it is to vanish while living near to people.
Lyubov Morekhodova glides over the pure ice on skates made by her father not long after World War Two.
The Australian travel company is revolutionising the image of Siberia in the outside world.
Foreign visitors transiting on Russian airlines will be able to stay for 72 hours without documents as part of move to help boost tourism and economy.
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