STORY: The descendant of the last shaman from the disappearing small Yukaghir people conducted a ceremony of good wishes at the polling station. He lit a fire and fed the spirits of the ancestors, ...

The centuries-old mummified remains of Indigenous Siberians are revealing secrets about their genetics over a vast period — before, during and after Russia's conquest of their land — including that a ...

A Russian court again refused to transfer to a less restrictive psychiatric clinic a Yakut shaman who became known across the country in 2019 for his attempts to march to Moscow to drive President ...

GORNO-ALTAYSK, Russia (Reuters) - Russia's first election for a supreme shaman has provoked uproar in the community of magical healers who are revered by Siberian tribes for their ability to mediate ...

A new archaeogenetic study of naturally mummified Yakuts from Siberia shows their genetics, microbiome and traditions remained remarkably stable despite Russian conquest. DNA confirms Yakut oral ...

USSURIISK, Russia -- A court in the Far East has again extended the forced detention in a psychiatric clinic of a Yakut shaman who became known across Russia for his attempts to march to Moscow to ...

A shaman on a 5,000-mile journey to "exorcise" President Vladimir Putin has been arrested by Russian armed police, a human rights organization has said. A shaman on a 5,000-mile journey to "exorcise" ...

A Russian court on Tuesday committed to a mental asylum a Siberian shaman critical of Vladimir Putin, a move rights groups condemned as a repressive move to silence a dissenter. Locals walk through a ...

Russian police on Thursday said they had detained a Siberian shaman walking to Moscow on a mission to drive out President Vladimir Putin who he describes as a "demon". Police in the eastern Siberian ...

A new DNA analysis of the mummies of historical Indigenous Yakuts reveals resistance to 17th-century Russian conquest. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.