Parts were reported to have crashed back down into the Novosibirsk region of central Siberia.

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Its gas is closer to market than Russia's, in western Siberia, or Turkmenistan's in Central Asia, which are 1, 000km east of Baku.

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Robbie Rowantree, North, West and Central Sutherland, said his area was less densely populated than Siberia and he had no other choice than to travel by car.

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