A man died in a bear attack in Yamal 

A 44-year-old man was killed in a bear attack in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District. This was reported on November 3 in the press service of the regional investigative department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.

"According to preliminary data, on November 3, 2026, in the urban-type settlement of Urengoy, Purovsky district, a local resident was attacked by a bear. The man died from his injuries at the scene. Subsequently, the attacking predator [was] neutralized," the message in the "Max" says.

It is specified that the investigators have now begun to implement a set of verification measures to establish all the circumstances of the tragedy. Upon completion of the work, a procedural decision will be made.

The ministry urged citizens to be vigilant against the background of high activity of bears in the region. Russians were advised to refrain from visiting the forest, in particular, from picking berries and mushrooms there. If an animal or its tracks are found near a dwelling, it is necessary to immediately inform the police and emergency services.

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On the same day, Lyudmila Gavrilova, the head of the Tolparovsky rural settlement of the Tomsk region, reported the discovery of the remains of a 55-year-old man named Andrey, who could have been attacked by a bear, near a local hunting hut. The woman said that the body was found by the relatives of the deceased, who were worried about his long absence from hunting. A skull and torn clothes were found at the place where he could have spent the night.