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'Not to offend the jealous admirers of the Volga, but I have never in my life seen a river more splendid than the Yenisey'

A.P. Chekhov, 1890

Lake Baikal 'holds key to new advances in antibiotics'

Scientists make crucial new discoveries of bacteria, up to 30 million years old.

Siberia's best-kept tourism secret

World's deepest lake shrouded in smoke, swimmers covered in ash

Lake Baikal 'holds key to new advances in antibiotics'

Siberia's best-kept tourism secret

World's deepest lake shrouded in smoke, swimmers covered in ash

First images released from stunning film about bears of the Russian Far East

Please support this brave girl who was only given a week to live

Help us fund documentaries to showcase our stunning wildlife

Please support this new 'Happy People' film on Siberia's superb Altai Mountains

Books needed for the best Siberian library in the mountains!

'Are you completely out of your mind? Has vodka damaged the last Russian brain cell?'

Another look back at remarkable moments of 2013

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News

Mass deaths of reindeer on Yamal peninsula might be linked to climate change, scientists believe

Thousands of domestic and wild animals perished because they couldn’t get to forage locked under ice.

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Ice on fire: first wildfires are registered around the world’s Pole of Cold in Yakutia

Could burning ground in an area as extremely cold as Oymyakon be caused by zombie fires?

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Rare falcons are tattooed to escape being sold to Arab sheikhs by poachers

Desperate attempt to protect saker falcons known as the feathery treasure of Siberia.

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Features

Unique 2,000-year-old statuette of dancing man, likely made in Northern India, dug up in Siberia

Mystery how the bronze dancer, his arms raised in an ecstatic trance, reached modern-day Novosibirsk region.

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Stunning visuals of a black panther playing in the snowy woods of Siberia shared by owner

Luna the panther was rescued from a travelling zoo when its mother refused to feed the cub.

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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.

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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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