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Call for extra hands to clear Russky bridge, still shut after last week’s disastrous ice rain

Video shows hero climbers manually breaking ice off its cable stays at height of 324m (1,063ft) in Vladivostok.

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Homeless man freezes to death steps away from cathedral in Vladivostok’s ice rain aftermath

Elsewhere in Primorsky region 94,000 people are still without electricity, 18,000 are without heating.

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State of emergency in Russian Far East as ice rain causes collapse of key systems

Weather apocalypse leaves 120,000 people without electricity, many without heating and water at -1C.

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Bubbling methane craters and super seeps - is this the worrying new face of the undersea Arctic?
Video and pictures from latest research mission show gas release in the Laptev and the East Siberian seas.
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Omsk student has to climb 8 metre birch tree to join Zoom classes

Alexey Dudoladov records a video plea with his region’s governor to get better internet.

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Beauty of frozen methane bubbles on the world’s deepest lake shown in stunning video

Irkutsk photographer captures multi-layered columns of bubbles through crystal clear ice.

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Brown bear cubs fall victim to adult males in Eurasia's largest protected population of the species

This spike of bear cannibalism is reported at the South-Kamchatka nature reserve in Kamchatka.

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Dead giant octopuses washed ashore south from Kamchtka peninsula on the Kuril Islands

Mass death of hydrobionts and fish at the Sea of Okhotsk, west of Kamchatka as battle of the toxic tide versions continues.

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Red Book saker falcon wounded by poachers gets wings extensions so it can fly again

The prized bird destined to work for a rich man in the United Arab Emirates released back to wild.

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Stunning Bronze Age statuette with a tattooed face and a bone mask found in Siberia

The clay figurine was perched on shoulder of a woman laid to rest about 5,000 years ago.

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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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