BIZARRE: 13 - You Need To See This

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.

LiveScience · Mar 5, 2022

Russia holds drills with nuclear subs, land-based missiles

Russian nuclear submarines have sailed off for drills in the Barents Sea and mobile missile launchers are roaming snow forests in Siberia after President Vladimir Putin ordered his nation’s nuclear forces put on high alert

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2022

Vladimir Putin has moved family to secret Siberian nuclear bunker, expert claims

Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, has moved his family to a secret bunker in the Altai Mountains while war with Ukraine rages, according to Professor Valery Solovey

Daily Mirror · Mar 1, 2022

In Siberia, a crypto boom made of ingenuity, defiance and DIY

Fuelled by cheap electricity and Chinese hardware, households across the region are furiously mining cryptocurrency as a crackdown looms

Financial Times · Feb 10, 2022

Return to the pit known as 'Siberia'

What was it like to work at the remote former Aberdare South Colliery?

Newcastle Herald · Feb 6, 2022

Russian Bombers Fly over Belarus amid Ukraine Tensions

Russia on Saturday sent a pair of long-range nuclear-capable bombers on patrol over its ally Belarus amid spiraling tensions over Ukraine. The Russian Defense Ministry said the two Tu-22M3 bombers practiced interacting with the Belarusian air force and air defense during a four-hour mission. The flight followed several similar patrols…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 5, 2022

In Russia, Indigenous land defenders face intimidation and exile

Pressure on communities comes as regional elites and big companies look to develop resource-rich Indigenous lands.

Al Jazeera · Jan 23, 2022

Around the world in 155 days: the teenager who flew into record books

Belgian-British Zara Rutherford braved acrid smoke and freezing Siberia on round-the-world journey in two-seater microlight

The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2022

Man found alive in -18C cold after train runs him over on Trans-Siberian railway

Train staff found the man fast asleep and unharmed under the Krasnoyarsk to Abakan service, on a branch line of the world famous Trans-Siberian railway

Daily Mirror · Jan 17, 2022

Woolly mammoths: Facts about these extinct, shaggy beasts that once roamed the Arctic

The woolly mammoth, a cousin of today's elephants, died out about 10,000 years ago. It may be possible to bring them back by cloning, but should we?

LiveScience · Oct 28, 2016