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Great people, bustling cities, unbeatable nature - this is my Siberia

The Kremlin's 'Mr Siberia' Viktor Tolokonsky tells 'Sphere of Influence' business magazine what our vast region means to him.

Siberian babushka aged 86 becomes the oldest person to climb Mount Kilimanjaro
Retired teacher Angela Vorobyova braves monsoons and dances a tango to reach peak - and honour an 80 year old promise.
Five dead, 70 injured, 118 buildings damaged as fires rage in Khakassia 

Plane, three fire trains and 5,000 people fighting as dry grass ignites 'like gunpowder'.

Cops 'accused missing US man's friends of killing him', while 'failing to launch search'

Law enforcement officers sought to 'force confessions from students' in case of US citizen Colin Madsen, found dead in Buryatia.

Huge cull of 250,000 reindeer by Christmas in Yamalo-Nenets after anthrax outbreak 

Currently there are 730,000 animals but numbers are 'unsustainable', risking disease spreading and chronic overgrazing.

Every day I pass at least fifty unbelievably beautiful women before I even reach the office
It is one of the many perks of living here. And I don’t think this is sexist in any way.
It's not getting better... Siberia remains worst-hit as 175,000 firefighters battle forest blazes

New statistics on Saturday showed the vast scale of the human effort in Russia to halt a natural disaster that has destroyed swathes of woodland and taiga.

British baby enjoys her first sleigh rides in remote Siberian village where she is being raised

Latest addition to English peasant farmer Michael Ware's family enjoys her first Russian winter.

Mummified monk is ‘not dead’ and in rare meditative state, says expert

As police say lama found in lotus positon was destined for sale on black market, there are claims it was one step away from becoming a Buddha.

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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.

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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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