Russian number one admits pride when announcers say she hails from the remote oil town of Nyagan.
Oil slicks, sewage, industrial waste and rubbish floating sea is harming wildlife and could lead to marine crisis.
Here we go back in time and remember 13 remarkable moments of 2013.
Summer flooding will worsen dramatically, and the Arctic could be ice-free in summer by 2034.
Salmon dishes were a firm favourite on the lower Amur River, while meat was on menu upstream.
Russian minister wants to send Brits on vacation to 'magical' Siberia to make them 'feel 10 years younger'.
'Six die' as bridges swept away and 7,600 evacuated after heavy rains.
A theme of modernisation was behind the prime minister's swing through Siberia this week.