The new energy source in the remote settlement of Yailyu is powered by the sun, of which Siberia has plenty - summer and winter.
Ecology groups warn that the extent of fires in forests and taiga has been misreported by up to 159 times compared with satellite evidence of the grim facts.
With forest fires still burning across Siberia, hot summer temperatures are moving across the continent.
Challenge to polar doom warning from respected international expert Professor Peter Wadhams of Cambridge University.
Bulging bumps in the Yamal and Gydan peninsulas believed to be caused by thawing permafrost releasing methane.
In a remote ice cave in Siberia, three legendary white-bearded figures hold an unexpected conclave.
Vadim Klabukov, 23, paid with his life after flouting safety rules when he went to retrieve lost backpack in South Kamchatka nature reserve.
This time of winter sees the remarkable grandmother, 76, gliding across the ice on the world’s deepest lake on skates made in WW2.
Tyva republic registers Saudi-like heat but is also hit by wildfires.