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A window to Asia

The same year as Tsar Peter the Great founded one of Russia's most European city - St Petersburg - some of his vassals were sent to 'open a window to Asia'.

A sign of friendship? Dummy border guard on the frontier between Russia and China

Chinese newspaper notices straw man on duty at Amur River watchtower.

Smog clouds gather over Omsk, Tomsk and Novosibirsk

Plane schedules disrupted, residents warned to stay indoors, sailors had to use GPS to get back to land because of thick smoke fumes from raging forest fires.

Merry (Western) Christmas from Siberia (where Santa is not always red!)

Seasonal greetings from the east of Russia where there are no less than seven different Father Christmas figures to bring joy to children in winter.

Desperate calls for help from Arctic village of Svatay caged by wildfires

Russia’s coldest region struggles to tame fires intensified by lengthy heatwave in extreme north.

Siberians mark end of the snow season with swimsuit skiing day

Locals undress to impress at resorts across four time zones.

After 34 years, two Siberian women discover they were swapped moments after birth

Yulia and Dugarma were raised by the wrong mothers, and now face the shocking truth, vowing to see the ‘joy and happiness’.

11 carriages of explosives, a giant An-124 and four Il-76s - Operation Move a Mountain begins

Military strikes from air not ruled out to move giant landslide blocking Bureya River causing flood threat to villages.

The best place for children is here, in the heart of Siberia

There's no better place to grow than in the towns like my historic Tara, founded in 1594, without traffic jams and supermarkets, but with winter fun and fresh air.