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'Lake Baikal, where the ice queen cast her spell'

Mike Carter, The Observer, 2009

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 goal triggers marriage proposal by Siberian doctor

World Cup causes dip in tourist numbers to Thailand

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

Fan killed in fight between rival football club fans in Novosibirsk

Burning angel gets second degree burns to win $350 prize at snow festival

Don't mess with Siberia's strongest woman as she deals with crazy driver

Players tee off with red balls for golf on the world's deepest lake

Tragedy as runner dies from 'cardiac arrest' during Baikal ice marathon

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

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

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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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Features

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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