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Russian Candidate Boris Nadezhdin Gains Surprising Support for Presidential Bid

Thousands of Russians are standing in long lines in freezing temperatures to sign petitions supporting an unlikely challenger to President Putin.

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Where is the coldest place on Earth?

There are some bone-chilling places on Earth, but what is the lowest temperature ever recorded and where was it?

LiveScience

Top Russian energy boss mysteriously found dead after being arrested ‘for taking bribe’

Igor Shkurko, deputy general director of firm Yakutskenergo, had been detained over bribery allegations but the day after he issued an appeal was found dead in his cell

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Inside world's coldest city where locals jump into river as temperatures drop to -62C

A video shared on Twitter showed residents in Yakutsk, Russia, plunging themselves into the ice cold waters of the Lena River to mark the Orthodox Epiphany

Daily Mirror

'Dress like a cabbage': surviving the world's coldest city

Temperatures have plunged to minus 50 degrees Celsius (-58 Fahrenheit) this week in Yakutsk during an abnormally long cold snap in the Siberian city known as the coldest on earth.

Reuters

Yakutsk: Journey to the coldest city on earth

Think our winter's been a bit grim? Try visiting Yakutsk – the Russian city where 'a bit nippy' means minus 50C, and a quick dash to the corner shop could end in frostbite. Shaun Walker enjoys amini-break in deepest Siberia

The Independent UK

World's coldest city left without heating in -44C freeze as Vladimir Putin funds war

Residents of Yakutsk, the coldest city in the world, have slammed warmongering Russian leader Vladimir Putin for channelling plenty of cash into his illegal war while they freeze in -44C temperatures

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Cold Case: Son Of Russian Political Boss Seized Over Killing Of Mom And Sister

Cops in Russia have arrested the 21-year-old son of a local Russian official for stabbing his mother and older sister to death.

Zenger

What is the coldest city in the world?

The coldest city in the world is in Siberia, where temperatures plummet to minus 76 degrees Fahrenheit. Here's why it's so cold there.

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