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3,000-year-old untouched burial of 'charioteer' discovered in Siberia

The discovery implies horse-drawn chariots were once used in the region, but none have been found.

LiveScience

Siberian cave filled with mammoth, rhino and bear bones is ancient hyena lair

The cave has been untouched for around 42,000 years. It also contained the bones and teeth of hyena pups, suggesting they raised their young there.

LiveScience

Eat Pray Love author Elizabeth Gilbert pulls new book from publication after backlash to Siberian setting

‘I don’t want to add any harm to a group of people who have already experienced grievous and extreme harm,’ said the author

The Independent UK

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Eat, Pray, Love author withdraws new Russia-set novel from publication

Elizabeth Gilbert says now is ‘not the time for this book to be published’, following anger from Ukrainian readers over The Snow Forest, set in Siberia

The Guardian - UK

Why malaria still persists in much of Africa

We think of malaria as a problem faced only by humid, hot countries. But just over a century ago, the disease thrived as far north as Siberia and the Arctic Circle, and was endemic in 36 states of the US. We don't have specific data that far back for Thailand,…

Bangkok Post

Passengers stranded in rural Siberian town describe tough conditions

Passengers on an Air India flight en route to San Fransisco found themselves in an unusually rough situation when their aircraft had to make an emergency landing, stranding them in a remote Siberian town for two days with little food, water, or information.

Daily Mirror

Siberia's 'gateway to the underworld' megaslump is revealing 650,000 year-old secrets from its permafrost

The permafrost inside the Batagay crater is the second-oldest ever found on Earth and scientists are using it to reconstruct the planet's ancient climate.

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The church at the end of the world – photo essay

Perched atop a scree hill north of the village, a Russian Orthodox church keeps watch over the Antarctic outpost Villa Las Estrellas. It was built in 2002 from wood shipped from the Siberian city of Altay and its bells were brought from Vladimir, a city east of Moscow

The Guardian - US

Paradise review – visually striking account of Siberian wildfires leans towards abstraction

Alexander Abaturov’s stunning film captures the resilience of villagers in remote Shologon, but feels contextless

The Guardian - UK

At least 21 dead as wildfires rage across Urals and Siberia

Dead are mainly elderly people unable to flee, Russia media report

The Guardian - UK

Russia's wildfire death toll rises to 21 in Ural Mountains

The death toll from wildfires in Russia’s Ural Mountains has risen to 21, according to Russian state news agency Tass

The Independent UK

Wildfires rage in Russia's Ural mountains, Siberia

Wildfires have raged in Russia’s Ural mountains and in Siberia this week, with authorities promising to swiftly contain them

The Independent UK

Who owned this Stone Age jewellery? New forensic tools offer an unprecedented answer

An international team of researchers has recovered DNA from the owner of a deer-tooth pendant that was buried inside a remote Siberian cave for tens of thousands of years.

The Conversation

Russian TV pundit makes bizarre call for Scots 'terrorists' to be trained in Siberia to fight in Ukraine

The comments were broadcast on a Russian news show and were widely mocked on social media.

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The Guardian - UK

Offshore cash and huge loans: leak reveals how Roman Abramovich funded Chelsea’s success

Exclusive: Network of companies used to route fortune made from the oil fields of Siberia into Stamford Bridge

Daily Mirror

Huge swathes of Vladimir Putin’s Russia see internet cut off in mystery outage

Unprecedented massive web problems hit large regions across Siberia and the Russian Far East, and spanned many of Vladimir Putin’s 11 zones

The Conversation

International Criminal Court has cited Russia's deportation of Ukrainian children a war crime: on Russia's long history of weaponising deportation

On March 17, the International Criminal Court cited Russia’s deportation of Ukrainian children as a war crime for which President Vladimir Putin is being held responsible.

Reuters

Blast hit a natural gas pipeline in northern Siberia -Tass agency

An explosion hit a natural gas pipeline near a village in northern Siberia late on Wednesday but there were no casualties, Tass news agency cited a local official as saying.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Stops Sharing Missile Test Info with US, Opens Drills

A senior Russian diplomat said Wednesday that Moscow will no longer inform the US about its missile tests, an announcement that came as the Russian military deployed mobile launchers in Siberia in a show of the country’s massive nuclear capability amid the fighting in Ukraine. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei…

Radio France Internationale

Territorial dispute between China and Russia risks clouding friendly future

Despite the public image of cordiality presented by China and Russia, some observers suggest the friendship is on fragile foundations. Xi Jinping is visiting Moscow this week in a show of solidarity with Vladimir Putin. However, a background dispute over territory in east Siberia could dangerously undo the comprehensive strategic…

Bangkok Post

Kyiv condemns 'kidnappings' as Russians foster Ukrainian kids

KYIV, Ukraine: At their home in the middle of Siberia, Russian pastor Roman Vinogradov and his wife Yekaterina are the new foster parents of five children from Moscow-occupied eastern Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Alexey Navalny film on fighting the Kremlin wins Oscar

Navalny, 46, fell ill in Siberia in 2020 and was flown to Germany, which said it found evidence he had been poisoned.

Daily Mirror

'Zombie virus' frozen under ice for 48,000 years revived by scientists

Jean-Michel Claverie, a French scientist has raised concerns about a 'zombie virus' that spent over 48,000 years frozen in permafrost, Siberia. He has been studying the viruses to understand the potential risks they pose

Evening Standard

OPINION - Tech & Science Daily podcast: Frozen 48,500-year-old ‘zombie’ virus revived

Scientists have revived a ‘zombie’ virus that spent 48,500 years frozen in permafrost in Siberia.

The Conversation

Extreme wildfires are turning the world's largest forest ecosystem from carbon sink into net-emitter

The vast boreal forests of the Northern Hemisphere stretch from Scandinavia through Siberia, Alaska and Canada. They cover a tenth of the world’s land but hold one-third of the land’s carbon, stored mainly in organic-rich soils and in trees. Now, a new study in the journal Science provides further evidence…

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