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'Lake Baikal's ability to purify itself is down to an endemic microscopic shrimp called epischura baikalensis'
'Sacred Sea', Peter Thomson

Wildlife sat-nav goes awry as White Stork and Flamingo defy nature and fly to Siberia in winter

Frantic efforts to save the wrong-turn birds from harsh cold.

A mummified woman with a Christian cross dashes hopes of finding first Russian fortress in Yakutia

Girl, 6, born without half her face returns to Russia laughing for first time after surgery in UK

Wildlife sat-nav goes awry as White Stork and Flamingo defy nature and fly to Siberia in winter

A mummified woman with a Christian cross dashes hopes of finding first Russian fortress in Yakutia

Girl, 6, born without half her face returns to Russia laughing for first time after surgery in UK

Did extinct woolly mammoths have ‘heaters’ to melt snow in their trunks?

2,300 year old wooden house is rebuilt, and it fits together down to the last centimetre

Siberian puppy frozen in permafrost for 14,300 years gives scientists major RNA breakthrough

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

A peer traveller falls knee-deep in ice-cold water

Flying with the wind and climbing ice poles

I'm on the frozen surface of the world's deepest lake - and then there is an earthquake

The ‘Iron Lady’ of Siberia invites you to visit Yakutsk, the world’s coldest city

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

Thailand conquers Siberia as massage revolution reaches even the coldest corners of the world

Siberian tourists help to change image of Pattaya to family resort

Waif-like model Alesya Kafelnikova takes time out in Thailand

Siberians to get a taste for Pad Thai,  Tom Yum Goong and Som Tum

Cannes? No, Kansk!

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

Coming soon: 'Chateau Permafrost', wine from Siberia

200-plus agreements worth $27 billion at forum to 'open up Russian Far East'

Accent on age: fashion blogger sets up Russia's first oldie modelling agency

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Where’s Mum? Search for tigress as three lonely Amur cubs are filmed on road

The cubs of the world’s largest big cat seen in Russian Far East are too young to survive on their own.

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Cave lion figurine made of woolly mammoth tusk found at Denisova Cave

Aged approximately 45,000 years, this might be the world’s oldest animal statuette.

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Vladimir Putin approves Russia’s next mega infrastructure project, a $1.3bn bridge across river Len

Vital link uniting east and west of the country will realise a long-held dream.

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Sinister seizure of 240 Himalayan or black bear paws made in Russian Far East

FSB smash smuggling ring with goods intended for China as traditional medicines and food delicacies.

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Hero snow leopard mother with four cubs pictured in Mongolia 

Congratulations to WWF Mongolia and wildlife photographer for capturing images of this unique family.

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Diver rescued after spending two days in freezing sea in the Far East of Russia

‘I saw 12 ships passing by all on auto pilot, I lost my voice screaming for help’, he said.

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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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