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- Russia's massive bridge construction project aims to end isolation of remote Siberian region
Russia plans to build a $1.3 billion bridge across the Lena River to develop transport links in the hard-to-reach Yakutia region. The project, set to be finished in 2025, has been approved by Russian President Vladimir Putin.Nov 18, 2019 09:38Business News - Rare eagle sneaks into Iran and drains Siberian ornithologists’ funds by spamming costly text messagesA Russian bird conservation group has discovered a sudden hole in their budget after one of the eagles they were tracking started bombarding them with hundreds of expensive text messages from Iran.Oct 25, 2019 08:13World News
- 15 killed as Siberian gold mine dam collapse floods dorms with muddy water (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)At least fifteen people have been killed after a dam collapsed at a gold mine in Russia’s Krasnoyarsk region. Rescue workers are still searching for missing miners that may have been swept away by the flash flood.Oct 19, 2019 12:53Russia News
- Brown bear tries to gobble up Baikal seal... but Siberian men come to rescue (VIDEO)A cute but sluggish seal had a near-death experience after being caught by a brown bear on the shores of Lake Baikal, but a group of boatmen made a timely intervention to end the ordeal.Oct 10, 2019 07:50Russia News
- WATCH Putin hiking & driving off-road in Siberian mountains in signature holiday VIDEORussian President Vladimir Putin and some of his top officials took a break from state affairs ahead of his birthday, spending a few days hiking, hillwalking, and even driving off-road in the thick of the Siberian wilderness.Oct 6, 2019 21:13Russia News
- Chaos, smoke as Boeing 767 makes hard landing in Siberia, Russia leaving 56 injured (VIDEO)Forty-nine passengers were injured as a Boeing 767 plane with 344 people aboard touched the ground with its landing gear on fire in Siberia.Sep 25, 2019 17:38Russia News
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