Growing number of brave Siberians strip off for the winter, with debate raging about the benefits of taking to the snow and ice naked.
We join photographer Kisoon Choi on a journey of discovery across Yakutia and the Far East and celebrate the unique landscapes, cities and peoples.
Ahead of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, the flame will twice cross Siberia, once from west to east, then east to west.
Troops and government ministries checked 'for fulfilling tasks under wartime conditions'.