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Anton Chekhov, 1890

Siberian financial whizz-kid appointed to lead Russian science

Deputy finance minister Mikhail Kotyukov, 36, given key job amid 'crisis' over science reforms.

World beating electron accelerator to be built by Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics

New cell technology centre opens in Siberia to fight serious diseases

Leading Siberian scientist to be paroled in controversial Chinese 'espionage' case

Gut Gemacht! Germany salutes leading Siberian archeologist as 'example for all Russia'

Defiant Siberian scientist is freed from jail and vows to clear his name

World beating electron accelerator to be built by Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics

New cell technology centre opens in Siberia to fight serious diseases

Siberian financial whizz-kid appointed to lead Russian science

Features

Peek inside the Siberian cave where inter-species love child ‘Denny’ lived 90,000 years ago

13 year old revealed as the daughter of a Neanderthal mother and a Denisovan father - separate humanoid groups now proven to have crossbred.

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Eminent scientist Guriy Marchuk, with close Siberian links, dies in Moscow

One of the giants of science in the Soviet and post-USSR eras, a former president of the Academy of Sciences, died aged 87 after a long illness.

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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.

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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.

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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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