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Olympic flame to warm Siberia on longest torch relay in history

Ahead of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, the flame will twice cross Siberia, once from west to east, then east to west.

Holding hands for 5,000 years, a couple with mysterious jade rings and dagger

Bronze Age burial near Lake Baikal intrigues archeologists who have not yet revealed contents of leather pouch between man's kneecaps.

The amazing Siberian ice orchestra playing on the world's deepest lake

This evocative melody is literally the sound of Nature as a group of Russian percussionists make music on the frozen waters of breathtaking Lake Baikal.

I'm on the frozen surface of the world's deepest lake - and then there is an earthquake
Our reporter skates Baikal when the ice moves: Day 2 of Olga Gertcyk's diary


The Babushka of Baikal, the granny in her 80th year who has popularised the world’s deepest lake

Lyubov Morekhodova glides over the pure ice on skates made by her father not long after World War Two.

The Other Siberian Railway, how The New York Times writer saw it
'There was also a warm welcome from the train attendant who, typically, cares for her passengers in a style that has been lost on many Western railways'.
'Aliens and UFOs at world's deepest lake'
Curious reports of extra-terrestrials pulling Steven Spielberg to Siberian jewel Baikal.
Satellite images show wildfires hugging Lake Baikal as army use drones to monitor 2013 blazes

Recent reports showed 89 wildfires in Siberia and 25 in the Russian Far East as a new season of damage to forests gets underway.

A day at the Siberian beach… in February

Dazzling white 'sand', perfect sunshine, blue waves on the horizon, friends, a great mood… and minus 20C

Centenarian uses a frozen salmon to practice for his role in Olympic torch relay

The flame warms Siberia and even takes a dip in Lake Baikal en route to the Sochi Winter Games.

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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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