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the cold never bothered me

Russian Holiday Characters Brave Arctic Blizzard to Light New Year’s Tree

Ded Moroz joined forces with Sakha's "Lord of the Cold" to light the tree in the name of the holiday spirit.

Siberian Coronavirus Patients Hospitalized in Dilapidated Ward

Health authorities in Barnaul were forced to reopen the previously shuttered ward “due to an urgent need” of beds.

morbid motorway

Russian Town Dusts Highway With Sand, Human Bones

Municipal crews had sprinkled the mixture over the road's surface as a de-icer.

extreme social distancing

Famed Siberian Hermit Gets Billionaire’s Help Ahead of Harsh Winter

Agafya Lykova has lived alone in the remote Siberian taiga for most of her life.

Hungry Polar Bears Surround Russian Garbage Truck

Ten polar bears surrounded a garbage truck in Siberia, even climbing in the truck for some snacks.

state of emergency

Oil Spill Hits Major Siberian River

The spill poses “a substantial health and environmental threat,” investigators in western Siberia said.

Russian Authorities Storm Siberian Commune, Arrest Messianic Cult Leader

Armed agents stormed the Church of the Last Testament's compound and placed its leader Vissarion Christ the Teacher into a helicopter.

'grave mayhem 2020'

Russian Gravediggers Defy Coronavirus to Throw Speed-Digging Contest

The most morbid sport ever.

questioned immunity

Siberian Governor ‘Reinfected’ With Coronavirus

“I almost believed that you couldn't get sick with it twice,” the governor of Russia's republic of Tyva said.

SPREADING MEGASLUMP

Siberia’s ‘Gateway to the Underworld’ Expands Amid Record-Smashing Heat Wave

The Batagaika crater is growing as climate change melts the permafrost.

Well-Preserved Mammoth Discovered in Russian Arctic as Permafrost Thaws

The surprise archaeological find came during a historically hot summer in Siberia and the Russian Arctic.

Spreading like wildfire

Russia’s Wildfires Double in Size Within Week – TASS

The situation is most severe in Siberia and the Far East.

In Photos: Disastrous Wildfires Sweep Siberia

The forest fires have covered an area larger than Greece and are emitting black smog that harms nearby populations.

Siberian Wildfires Cover Area Larger Than Greece – Greenpeace

The fires come amid a summer of historic high temperatures and oil spills in Siberia and the Arctic.

saints and sinners

Siberian Priest Claims He Shut Down Brothel With 6 Years of Prayer

“I once sprinkled Holy water on the building but the demons couldn’t be exorcised that easily,” the priest wrote.

harder to breathe

Russian Wildfire Smoke Choking Siberian Cities

Photos of Yugorsk and other cities showed residential buildings fuzzy under a blanket of white smog.

Siberia Heat 'Almost Impossible' Without Climate Change

Scientists described the findings as "staggering."

Nearly 300 Wildfires in Siberia Amid Record Warm Weather

Greenpeace Russia said an area greater than the size of Portugal has been impacted by the fires.

VIRAL PHOTOGRAPHS

Siberian Official Fired Over Disputed Coronavirus ‘Body Bags’

A tabloid published images it says are of body bags while authorities say they contain household waste.

SHAMAN SPREADER

Russian Village Quarantines With Anti-Coronavirus Trench

An infected shaman caused an outbreak in the republic of Buryatia.

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