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Kemerovo Governor Sergei Tsivilyov (center) speaks to the media in the Listvyazhnaya mine building, near Belovo, in the Kemerovo region of southwestern Siberia, Russia, Friday. A devastating explosion in the Siberian coal mine Thursday left dozens of mine

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Rescuers find a survivor after a Siberian coal mine exploded but many are feared dead

3:21pm November 26, 2021

by The Associated Press

Russian authorities released the names of 51 people presumed dead after a devastating methane explosion in a coal mine in Siberia, believed to be the country's deadliest mining incident since 2010.

In this Russian Emergency Situations Ministry Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021 photo, rescuers prepare to work at a fire scene at a coal mine near the Siberian city of Kemerovo, about 3,000 kilometres (1,900 miles) east of Moscow, Russia,. Russian authorities say

Death and destruction follow a Siberian coal mine fire

4:22pm November 25, 2021

by The Associated Press

A devastating fire swept through a Siberian coal mine Thursday, killing 52 miners and rescuers about 820 feet underground, Russian news reports said.

This aerial photo taken from an airplane on July 27 shows smoke rising from a forest fire outside the village of Berdigestyakh in Russia's Sakha Republic in northeastern Siberia.

For The 1st Time In Recorded History, Smoke From Wildfires Reaches The North Pole

5:50pm August 10, 2021

by Sharon Pruitt-Young

Smoke from forest fires in Siberia also has stretched to Mongolia, Canada and Greenland. The fires are already an unusual occurrence for a region known as one of the coldest places on the planet.

An aerial view of a forest fire in Russia's Krasnoyarsk Territory.

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Russia Says Trump Offered To Help Putin Fight Forest Fires In Siberia

11:06am August 01, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

The two leaders spoke by phone Wednesday. The Kremlin said Putin "regards the US President's offer as a sign that it is possible that full-scale bilateral relations will be restored in the future."

A stray polar bear is seen in the industrial city of Norilsk, Russia, on Monday.

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'Starving' Polar Bear Wanders Into Siberian Town

8:16am June 19, 2019

by Scott Neuman

Residents in the town of Norilsk in northern Siberia were surprised to see the female bear, who reportedly appeared to be exhausted and looking for food.

U.S. troops wearing new sheep-lined coats march in downtown Vladivostok in November 1918.

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In Russia, Scant Traces And Negative Memories Of A Century-Old U.S. Intervention

5:00am May 28, 2018

by Lucian Kim

As Americans accuse the Kremlin of interfering in their elections, and Russians fiercely deny it, there's no debating that the U.S. once intervened militarily in Russia — with few, if any, results.

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Gold bars that fell on the runway at an airport in Siberia on Thursday.

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Dozens Of Gold Bars Reportedly Fell From An Airplane In Siberia

5:59pm March 15, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

A "gold rush" started among residents after the treasure escaped the plane during takeoff, according to local media. There was apparently a hatch failure.

Academpark is the technology park in Akademgorodok, a Siberian suburb that's Russia's answer to Silicon Valley.

In Russia's Siberian Silicon Valley, Business Is Good But Risks Can Be High

3:44pm July 04, 2017

by Lucian Kim

The Soviet Union built research institutes in Siberia as innovation centers during the Cold War. Since then, there's been a brain drain. Tech innovators remain, but some have faced legal challenges.

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Anti-government protesters march in Novosibirsk, the capital of Siberia and Russia's third most populous city, with a banner reading "Corruption steals the future!"

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Far From Moscow, Thousands Turn Out To Protest Putin In Siberia's Capital

11:32pm June 12, 2017

by Lucian Kim

Novosibirsk is a key center of support for opposition leader Alexei Navalny. "I believed that Putin would make things better," a protester said. But "he made things better only for a few people."

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A Siberian Town Throws A Party For Pests — And Masochists

7:55am July 17, 2015

Many towns hold festivals to celebrate a famed native son or daughter, or its dominant agricultural product. In Berezniki, Russia, they celebrate mosquitoes — partly by getting bitten by them. A lot.

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