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'Not to offend the jealous admirers of the Volga, but I have never in my life seen a river more splendid than the Yenisey'
A.P. Chekhov, 1890
hunting
Rare footage of live sable caught in trap brings home reality of hunting
As new season starts, video of illegal trapping shows the source of fur for highly prized coats.
Traditional tsar hunting with dogs to be revived in Altai
Popular with the aristocracy and the royals in the 18th and 19th centuries, the lavish festivity will be held for tourists.
Siberian teenager wins silver in shooting thanks to hunting lessons from age of 6
Vitalina Batsarashkina, 19, from Omsk, in tribute to grandfather as she celebrates Rio medal.
Let rich tourists hunt wolves by helicopter to solve Siberia's wolf epidemic
Foreigners should be invited to pay $10,000 per animal in novel way to fund cull needed to save reindeer and horses.
When hunters come to rescue prey
Don't shoot but instead feed starving roe deer, decide men in the Altai Mountains.
A dying form of hunting with eagles could be resurrected
It is a little known tradition that dates back to mountain civilisations of around 1,000BC.
Northern reindeer that roamed Taymyr peninsula are at the brink of extinction
Poaching, climate change and excessive hunting caused colossal population drop.
A dying form of hunting with eagles could be resurrected, despite opposition from conservationists
It is a little known tradition that dates back to mountain civilisations of around 1,000BC.
Two polar bears found shot by poachers in remote Vaigach island in Arctic
Expedition finds shocking evidence of illegal hunting of Russian Red Book animals.
New curbs on hunting rare Siberian tigers, leopards and falcons secure first reading
The laws are aimed at hitting poachers of some of the planet's rarest species - with penalties of up to seven years jail.
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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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