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'Lake Baikal: the very name fills Russian hearts with awe'
Mike Carter, The Observer

Troops set to work decontaminating ‘Siberian Chernobyl’ amid fears of ecological catastrophe

Radiation, chemical and biological forces tackle two million tonnes of toxic chemical waste with huge mercury stockpile and oil poisons.

New spill of 45 tons of jet fuel pollutes tundra in Taymyr

Wildfires ‘critical’ in Siberia and Russian Far East, up to ten times worse than last year

Siberia's wildfires seen from 1 million miles away: even the tundra is burning

Now the proof: permafrost 'bubbles' are leaking methane 200 times above the norm

Norilsk breaks records for Arctic heat in a new sign of changing weather patterns

Pallas's cats to get their own 'palace' in Siberian mountains 

More than two million hectares on fire in Siberia, with turndra on fire destroying the permafrost

Village besieged by polar bears as hundreds of terrorised walruses fall 38 metres to their deaths 

Arctic methane gas emission 'significantly increased since 2014' - major new research 

A mother bear left her cubs beside me, as if I was a nanny... while she went fishing

She's the luckiest moose in Siberia after rescue from ice hole by helicopter pilot and passengers

Rarest big cats in the world reach key milestone in evading extinction

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Next ‘stop’ Kara Sea in the Arctic Ocean?

Toxic fuel from 21,000 ton leak reaches pristine lake, bypassing floating booms, as rivers of diesel pollution cover-up is exposed.

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The day the world’s most polluted city was in Siberia

Pictures show the impact of smog in Krasnoyarsk, as it scored worse for air quality than Mumbai, Dhaka and Kolkata.

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The Leo Express: a rescued Amur leopard is sent on a 9h flight across Russia to cure back tumour

One of world’s rarest big cats was hit by a car and went through months of treatment at the rescue centre in Russian Far East.

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Pure waters of Lake Baikal in danger from 6.5 million tons of toxic waste

Immediate public audit of a high risk waste storage in Russia is urged.

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Rare Siberian Saker Falcon illegally caught and sold for $42,000 to an UAE buyer

Ecologists from several countries lost battle to poachers who caught an endangered dark-feathered bird.

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How poaching is 'killing off' the world's largest reindeer herd on Taimyr Peninsula

Pictures prove the gruesome fate of reindeer 'to meet demands for traditional medicines in China and South Korea'.

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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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