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Police smash fake vodka plant confiscating '15 tons of illegal alcohol products'
More than 7,000 bottles seized, and 800 containers labelled Boyaryshnik, illegal supplies of which caused 76 deaths last year in Siberia.
Vodka-drinking elephants fit to perform in Siberian circus

Elephants Magda and Jenny are poised to return to the circus ring after being saved from the intense Siberian cold - by vodka.

Two circus elephants saved from cold ... with buckets of vodka

A dramatic operation in biting cold of minus 41C saved elephants Magda and Jenny from death after a fire in the trailer carrying them across Siberia.

As Siberia hits its coldest temperatures of the winter, here’s how to enjoy life below -50C

Fast-freezing clothes, hot water fireworks, ice and snow bathing, vodka lollipops, dog sledging - see our report from the Kingdom of Cold.

Scottish pubs provide cheer in Urals and Siberia despite economic gloom
Whisky proves popular in the land of vodka.
Found: man who vanished before the Soviet Union collapsed to live as a hermit

Former paratrooper conscript Timofey Menshikov wanted to escape modern life - and vodka - now faces reunion with family he left behind.

55 dead, and 26 more 'poisoned': the toll of fake alcohol outbreak

13 more have little or no chance of survival, says health chief warning of more fatalities.

Scottish pubs provide cheer in Urals and Siberia despite economic gloom

Whisky proves popular in the land of vodka.

The cow who came in from the cold...

Helped by a ladder, an axe and a chainsaw.

What happened when a Siberian village gave up alcohol?

In 2012, the residents of Tumul all stopped drinking vodka and other intoxicating drinks as the village went dry...

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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.

Voice of Siberia

Siberians mark end of the snow season with swimsuit skiing day
Locals undress to impress at resorts across four time zones.

We say

Lake Baikal 'holds key to new advances in antibiotics'
Scientists make crucial new discoveries of bacteria, up to 30 million years old.

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