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Four-year-old trekked miles in subzero Siberia to help sick grandmother
A four-year-old girl who walked miles through the freezing Siberian wilderness to get help for her sick grandmother has been hailed as a hero in Russia’s Tuva republic, while a criminal case has been opened against her mother. Saglana Salchak had been living with her grandparents at their remote farm deep in the taiga forest near the Mongolian border, more than 12 miles from the nearest village and five miles from their closest neighbour.
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2,000 year old warrior armour made of reindeer antlers found on the Arctic Circle
Ceremonial suit was embellished with decorations and left as a sacrifice for the gods by ancient bear cult polar people, say archeologists.
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Letter from Siberia: through sands and mountains in search of a gulag ghost-town
A 10-day journey through Russia’s terra incognita. By Anna Gruzdeva.
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Gang Attacks Navalny Campaign's Landlord in Siberia
An armed gang has violently beaten a man in Siberia after his family rented office space to the presidential campaign of opposition leader Alexei Navalny. The victim, the son of the campaign's landlord in the city of Irkutsk, had been discussing repair work with the men before they began to beat him with baseball bats. The landlord's son was taken to hospital, where he is being treated with stitches, according to Sergei Bespalov, the coordinator of Navalny's Irkutsk headquarters.
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Oozing Methane Blasts Holes in Siberian Tundra
Escaping methane gas has blown at least two new holes in the Siberian tundra in the past few months, according to eyewitness accounts to the Siberian Times and the Russian Academy of Sciences. Reindeer herders northwest of the village of Seyakha in Siberia's far north reported seeing an eruption of fire and smoke on the morning of June 28 — an event caught on seismic sensors at 11 a.m. local time, according to The Siberian Times. Scientists visiting the site photographed a fresh crater blown into the banks of a river.
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All hell breaks loose as the tundra thaws
Strange things have been happening in the frozen tundra of northern Siberia. Last August a boy died of anthrax in the remote Yamal Peninsula, and 20 other infected people were treated and survived. Anthrax hadn’t been seen in the region for 75 years, and it’s thought the recent outbreak followed an intense heatwave in Siberia, temperatures reaching over 30C that melted the frozen permafrost.
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Mysterious craters blowing out of Russia could mean trouble for the whole planet
Mysterious craters blowing out of Russia could mean trouble for the whole planet Mysterious craters blowing out of Russia could mean trouble for the whole planet. In northern Siberia, rising temperatures are causing mysterious giant craters — and even more dire consequences could be in store, say climate scientists. The Russian province's long-frozen ground, called permafrost, is thawing, triggering massive changes to the region's landscape and ecology. It could even threaten human lives.
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French father evades Siberian prison camp and crosses Russian border guarded by snipers and dogs
A French father convicted to 15 years in prison camp in Siberia has recounted his spectacular escape from Russian through a forest border guarded by fierce dogs and snipers to reach Europe. In what he called a "double humiliation" for Russian FSB secret services, Yoann Barbereau, 39, managed to evade house arrest in Siberia, go into hiding for a year in Moscow, and then make his way across wolf-infested forests to a neighboring Baltic state - despite being on a national wanted list.
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Governor seeks to force world's most famous hermit to abandon taiga home 100 km from civilisation
In a dramatic move, Khakassia governor Viktor Zimin has banned flights to the hermit in the Khakassky Nature Reserve in what appears to be an attempt to make her leave her wilderness home. This remarkable woman, a devout Old Believer who lives like a peasant from the 19th century rejecting most modern comforts, knows no other home.
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Magical new 4,500 year old finds add to 'oldest toy collection in the world'
An ancient doll and a mythical animal were buried with a child from the Okunev culture in the Bronze Age.
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Parts of Russia Are Experiencing -88.6°F Weather
People living in some of the coldest places on earth are hunkering down as temperatures fall to near-record lows that are even defeating thermometers. Temperatures in the remote, diamond-rich Russian region of Yakutia on Tuesday plunged to minus 67 degrees Celsius (minus 88.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in some areas.
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Russian Athletes Withdraw From Competition When Drug Testers Arrive
More than 30 Russian athletes participating in Siberian Indoor Championships last weekend abruptly withdrew from competition when drug testers arrived at the event. According to the Russian sports website Championat, as many as 36 athletes cited various illnesses for withdrawing from the competition at the city of Irkutsk last week.
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Bag Containing 54 Severed Human Hands Found in Siberia
Russian police have launched an investigation after a bag containing 54 severed human hands was found near the Siberian city of Khabarovsk. According to the Siberian Times, a single hand was spotted first, then the bag containing the remains was discovered on an island in the Amur River. Photos that appear to be taken at the scene show the hands lined up in 27 matching pairs laid out in the snow.
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Fire in Siberian shopping mall leaves at least 37 people dead
At least 37 people were killed when a fire ripped through a busy shopping centre in an industrial city in western Siberia, with scores more reported missing, including children. “At this time, we can confirm the deaths of 37 people in the fire at the Kemerovo shopping centre”, Russia’s Investigative Committee said, according to Tass news agency. Images on Russian television showed thick black smoke pouring out of the Winter Cherry shopping centre...
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Blessings of Nature
Olena
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Scientists revived tiny Siberian worms that had been frozen in permafrost for 42,000 years — and they started moving and eating
A group of Russian scientists have successfully revived two species of tiny worms that they discovered suspended in an icy chunk of Siberian permafrost. The worms, known as nematodes or more commonly as roundworms, had been frozen for up to 42,000 years, since a time when much of the planet was covered in ice. But they weren't dead - just cyrogenically preserved.
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Girl, 15, survives spending more than two weeks alone in Arctic
Svetlana Evai (pictured) managed to avoid brown bears and polar wolves as she wandered alone on the remote Gydan Peninsula. She lived on water and unripe berries.
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Wounded tiger 'finds humans to ask for help' after being injured
A wounded tiger has amazed wildlife experts by coming out of the wild to seek human help after he was wounded. The tiger, known as Tikhon, suddenly appeared at a remote Russian border post on the frontier with China over the New Year period, and refused to leave. Even when the border guards - part of the FSB security service, formerly called the KGB - fired warning gunshots, the cat stayed put.
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As Magnetic North Pole Zooms Toward Siberia, Scientists Update World Magnetic Model
The magnetic north pole has been drifting away from the Canadian Arctic at a brisk 55 kilometers — about 34 miles — per year, with ramifications for military and civilian travelers.
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Arctic Russian region declares emergency as polar bears overrun area
Local officials in an Arctic region in Russia have reportedly declared a state of emergency after villages have been overrun by packs of polar bears, a phenomenon wildlife experts have said occurs as a result of global warming. According to ABC News, authorities in the remote region have confirmed that a team of specialists will be arriving in Novaya Zemlya, Russia, to assist local officials with the removal of the bears.
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