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'I love Siberian women, they are incredible'

French actress Carole Bouquet, 2014

World Cup goal triggers marriage proposal by Siberian doctor

Caught on video - how Tomsk medic Sergei Pokidov waited for Colombia to score before proposing to his - Colombian - girlfriend Karen-Margarita Ruiz-Correa.

World Cup causes dip in tourist numbers to Thailand

Picture: Michaela Loheit.

Women’s American Football team in Vladivostok accused of vulgarity after daring photoshoot

World Cup causes dip in tourist numbers to Thailand

Siberian teenager wins silver in shooting thanks to hunting lessons from age of 6

Major new ice hockey stadium to be built in Novosibirsk

Daredevil skiing at 130 km an hour by Siberian stuntman

Coldest bicycle race in the world held in Yakutia

Siberian wrestler Roman Vlasov once more world champion - despite shock over wrong anthem

Female Thai boxing world champion admits shooting guilt

Glamorous Thai boxing world champion 'faces jail' after road rage shooting

Karate world champion murdered in case that has shocked city

Schoolgirl sets off on 112km expedition to ski to the geographical North Pole

Wolf from Siberia chosen as mascot for 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia

Security guard's dancing skills at hockey match go viral - video

Woman pulls two trams full of passengers weighing 36 tons - in minus 20 cold

Are you ready for the Siberian International Marathon?

Moving to Siberia is a 'no brainer', says top Scottish striker signed by FC Tom

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Features

A peer traveller falls knee-deep in ice-cold water

Our reporter completes Day 4 of Baikal skating tour safe and sound

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Flying with the wind and climbing ice poles

Our reporter Olga Gertcyk continues skating on the world's deepest lake. Enjoy Day 3 of her Baikal diary!

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I'm on the frozen surface of the world's deepest lake - and then there is an earthquake

Our reporter skates Baikal when the ice moves: Day 2 of Olga Gertcyk's diary

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Ever dreamed of skating the world’s deepest lake?

Our reporter goes through days of sleeping on ice and survives a Baikal earthquake. Baikal Trip Diary, Day 1

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They're off! The world's longest bike race covering 9,200 km across Siberia

Pedal power challenge as the Red Bull Trans-Siberian Extreme ultra-stage bicycle race heads from Moscow to Vladivostok.

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The Siberian 'Royal Races'

How horseracing and equestrian culture is developing in the Sakha Republic.

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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.

We say

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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