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First pictures & video of soft tissues preserved on a newly-discovered mammoth shared by scientists

Parts of massive skull were also found in silt of Yamal peninsula’s lake, but sadly there was no brain nor tusks.

Lifelike face of a tattooed Tashtyk man seen for first time behind a stunning gypsum death mask

Arctic fires worsen and threaten world famous park set up to recreate flora of woolly mammoth era

First pictures & video of soft tissues preserved on a newly-discovered mammoth shared by scientists

Lifelike face of a tattooed Tashtyk man seen for first time behind a stunning gypsum death mask

Arctic fires worsen and threaten world famous park set up to recreate flora of woolly mammoth era

Mysterious mountain palace, one of the wonders of Siberia, was built in 777 AD

Next ‘stop’ Kara Sea in the Arctic Ocean?

Alfresco art gallery ‘shows woolly mammoths and rhinos depicted by our ancestors 15,000 years ago’

Mystery of unique 2,100-year-old human clay head - with a ram’s skull inside

The day the world’s most polluted city was in Siberia

The Leo Express: a rescued Amur leopard is sent on a 9h flight across Russia to cure back tumour

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

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!

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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First pictures emerge of a Russian man whose ammonium nitrate cargo detonated in the port of Beirut

The 2,750 tonnes cargo of Khabarovsk-born businessman Igor Grechushkin was detained in Lebanon in 2013.

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Distressing shooting of bear swimming in Lake Baikal by ‘tourists’ prompts check by prosecutors

The predator ran along the shore then swam out towards the boat, but posed no threat when killed with a single rifle shot to the head.

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Two people rescued from Siberia’s highest peak after Robinson helicopter crash landed on Mt Belukha
The pilot is said to have ‘lost control’ but managed to land so that both himself and the passenger survived.
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The newly discovered Yamal woolly mammoth was 3-metres-tall male, aged from 15 to 20 years

Part of the Pleistocene era giant stayed so well preserved that its spine was still connected by tendons and skin.

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Russian and foreign ecologists beg not to interact with beluga whales released from the ‘Whale Jail

At least two close encounters with ‘smiley’ and playful animals were filmed in the Far East of Russia.

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Poacher faces up to four years in jail for killing a rare Amur tigress

Police detain the illegal hunter on his way to sell the pelt in Khabarovsk, Far East of Russia.

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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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