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'Putin's security services killed my dad' claims laser scientist's heartbroken son

Dr Dmitry Kolker was suffering from stage 4 pancreatic cancer when Russia security services swooped on him and flew him from Siberia to Moscow to put him in prison

Daily Mirror

Russian Scientist Dies 2 Days after Arrest for State Treason

A Russian scientist who was arrested in Siberia last week on suspicion of state treason and flown to Moscow despite suffering from advanced pancreatic cancer has died, his lawyer told Reuters on Sunday. The scientist, Dmitry Kolker, had been taken to Moscow's Lefortovo prison, lawyer Alexander Fedulov said. "He died…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian scientist dies two days after arrest for state treason - lawyer

Reuters

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Russia arrests scientist for alleged collaboration with Chinese secret services

Russia has detained a scientist in Siberia on suspicion of state treason for allegedly collaborating with China's security services, the state news agency TASS reported on Friday, citing regional authorities and the man's family.

Reuters

Dogs arose from two populations of wolves, study finds

Dogs genetically most similar to ancient Siberian wolves, but they are not direct ancestors and plenty of questions remain

The Guardian - UK

Everything Old Is New Again

Today is the 81st anniversary of the bombing of Kiev, as part of the invasion of Ukraine. My mother was living in Kiev at the time, having been born four months before. Fortunately, my grandfather managed to help arrange her and my grandmother's evacuation to Siberia, where they spent the…

Reason

Vladimir Putin critic shares grim punishments from inside maximum-security prison

Alexei Navalny - Vladimir Putin's strongest political opponent - was jailed by the Kremlin at the start of 2021 upon returning to Russia after being poisoned with the novichok nerve agent while visiting Siberia in 2020

Daily Mirror

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Life will find a way: could scientists make Jurassic Park a reality?

Just a few years from now, herds of woolly ‘mammoths’ could be roaming the Siberian tundra. Are dodos and dinosaurs next for de-extinction?

The Guardian - UK

Blood popsicles, mist-making, ice baths: How zookeepers coax animals through heat waves

DENVER — The Siberian tigers Yuri and Nikita at the Denver Zoo, who are supposed to mate, suffer most during Denver’s intensifying 95-degree heat waves, and caretakers supply cooling ice “bloodsicles” from the zoo’s heavily frequented freezers.

The Denver Post

Russia says West, unlike China, 'shoot themselves in the head' over Ukraine

Russia said on Wednesday that the West had "shot itself in the head" by trying to limit energy imports from the oil and gas fields of Siberia due to the Ukraine conflict, in sharp contrast to China which has increased deliveries of energy.

Reuters

Alexander Govor: The Siberian billionaire behind the ‘Russian McDonald’s’

First 15 branches of Vkusno i Tochka open in Moscow, without McNuggets or McFlurrys, after American fast-food giant boycotts country over war in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Alexander Govor: The Siberian billionaire behind the ‘Russian McDonald’s’

First 15 branches of Vkusno i Tochka open in Moscow, without McNuggets or McFlurrys, after American fast-food giant boycotts country over war in Ukraine

The Independent UK

‘We can’t live with people who support Putin’s war’: the TV chief who fled Russia

When journalists faced jail for reporting on Ukraine, Viktor Muchnik closed down his Siberian TV station and left for Armenia

The Guardian - UK

‘Mouth to hell’ is increasing in size and nothing can be done to slow its growth

A ‘mouth to hell’ has opened in Siberia in Russia according to local villagers who fear that the ever-growing site is connected to the supernatural and must be watched closely

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Irish Mirror

Gaping 'mouth to hell' appears in Russia's Siberia which cannot be stopped

Local villagers fear the ever-growing site is connected to the supernatural and must be watched closely

Daily Mirror

'Mouth to hell' appears in Siberia - and nothing can be done to slow its growth

A ‘mouth to hell’ has opened in Siberia in Russia according to local villagers who fear that the ever-growing site is connected to the supernatural and must be watched closely

Benzinga

McDonald's Exits Russia - Read The Latest Update

McDonald's Corp (NYSE:MCD) has entered into a sale and purchase agreement with its existing licensee Alexander Govor to sell its Russian business. The financial terms were not disclosed. Under this agreement, Govor will acquire McDonald's restaurant portfolio and operate the restaurants under a new brand. Govor has served as a McDonald's licensee since…

The Conversation

A fossil tooth places enigmatic ancient humans in Southeast Asia

What do a finger bone and some teeth found in the frigid Denisova Cave in Siberia’s Altai mountains have in common with fossils from the balmy hills of tropical northern Laos?

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The Conversation

Why the world has a lot to learn about conservation – and trust – from Indigenous societies

Twenty-five years ago, when I was a young anthropologist working in northern Siberia, the Indigenous hunters, fishers and trappers I lived with would often stop and solemnly offer something to the tundra. It was usually small, such as coins, buttons or unlit matches. But it was considered essential. Before departing…

Reuters

Putin demands action on Siberia forest fires threatening lives and economy

Russian President Vladimir Putin told regional officials on Tuesday to deal with forest fires in Siberia and said there could be no repeat of last year's fire season, the worst on record.

The Conversation

How a volcanic bombardment in ancient Australia led to the world's greatest climate catastrophe

Some 252 million years ago the world was going through a tumultuous period of rapid global warming.

Reuters

Fires kill at least 8 people in Siberia as high winds hamper rescue

At least eight people died in Siberia on Saturday as fires ripped through hundreds of buildings in several villages, with high winds hampering efforts to extinguish the blazes.

France 24

Several dead after deadly blazes in Russia’s Siberia

At least eight people died in Siberia on Saturday as fires ripped through hundreds of buildings in several villages, with high winds hampering efforts to extinguish the blazes.

The Independent UK

Siberian wildfires burning unchecked because Russian military units which usually fight them are at war

Vast blazes are a major contributor to the climate crisis - but no-one’s putting them out

The Independent UK

Putin ‘resettling Ukrainians 5,500 miles away in Siberia and far east Russia’, report claims

People in Mariupol are being asked to sign papers claiming Ukrainian troops shelled their city

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