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Siberians mark end of the snow season with swimsuit skiing day

Locals undress to impress at resorts across four time zones.

Waiting for Leo DiCaprio

Switch the black sky off, demand residents of Krasnoyarsk

Siberians mark end of the snow season with swimsuit skiing day

Waiting for Leo DiCaprio

Switch the black sky off, demand residents of Krasnoyarsk

Pollution 'crisis' in Lake Baikal

'I once lived in a country where we only had Aeroflot: I didn't like it'

What happened when a Siberian village gave up alcohol?

Russia's vast collection of Lenin statues finally finds a new purpose

We never forget the victims of the Beslan school terrorist outrage

Women told to make sure they get enough sleep or risk a stroke or heart attack

Baikal 'no longer the cleanest lake on Earth'

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AN-2 plane with 14 people on board crash landed in Magadan seconds after take off

Five workers of local gold mining company are at hospital with broken spines.

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Russian diamond mining giant sells a rare pink diamond to an American collector
New York-based Larry J. West purchased 6.21-carat intense pink diamond unearthed and polished by ALROSA.
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Tragic moment a rare Amur tiger cub is fatally hit by a bus in Russian Far East

Baby big cat was only four or five months old, sparking concern for the animal’s mother and any siblings.

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Features

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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Admiral Kolchak’s archive has returned to Russia 100 years after his execution

A group of Russian billionaires spent over 3 million euro at French auction to buy historic papers of the man who tried - and failed - to halt Bolsheviks.

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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.

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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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