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'There are restaurants in Novosibirsk that are much cooler than Western ones'

dancer Sergei Polunin

Wonder girl Karina Chikitova, 11, wins place at world’s northernmost professional ballet school

Karina became the symbol of resilience and hope when - aged only 4 - she survived 12 days in taiga of Yakutia.

Permafrost is ablaze with hundreds of wildfires in world’s coldest region

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

Wonder girl Karina Chikitova, 11, wins place at world’s northernmost professional ballet school

Permafrost is ablaze with hundreds of wildfires in world’s coldest region

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

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

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

Siberians to get a taste for Pad Thai, Tom Yum Goong and Som Tum

Cannes? No, Kansk!

Awakening after winter, Siberians pour cold water over themselves

Beauty Against Cancer: inspiring pictures show women fighting back

Coming soon: 'Chateau Permafrost', wine from Siberia

200-plus agreements worth $27 billion at forum to 'open up Russian Far East'

Cleaning Baikal, then enjoying the gleaming nature of its surrounding mountains

Accent on age: fashion blogger sets up Russia's first oldie modelling agency

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First expedition to depths of Lake Cheko close to epicentre of Tunguska event to start in February

Geophysicists and hydrobiologists will dive below 30 metres in what some scientists believe is the impact crater.

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Red Book’s Steller Sea lion rescued from a plastic death trap in Russian Far East

The endangered mammal got tied up to the Nevelsk breakwater like a chained dog.

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World’s coldest marathon at blistering minus 53C is complete in Yakutia

Local runner Vasily Lukin won the full distance in 3 hours, 22 minutes.

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Treasure trove of Palaeolithic jewellery, made at least 45,000 years ago, found in the Denisova Cav

Archeologists discovered a new stone bracelet, two sharp pins, a marble ring and fox tooth pendants.

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Photographer captures eerie graveyard of North Korean schooners scattered along the Russian coast

Ghost flotilla is the only memorial to dozens of North Korean squid poachers who never returned to their home waters.

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Work underway to create the world’s first Arctic station powered by hydrogen and renewables

The $27-million Snezhinka (Snowflake) is seen as a future international science hub for biotech, robotic and AI-driven projects.

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