Dumplings and predictions for Lunar New Year in Siberia Russian Buddhists in the Siberian region of Buryatia near the Mongolian border on kick off Lunar New Year celebration that will last almost a month. At the Atsagatsky datsan, or temple, 50 kilometres (31 miles) outside the regional capital of Ulan-Ude, believers came to pray and hear astrological predictions for the coming year. "The poor will get poorer, the rich will get richer" said the temple's lama Tarba Dorzhiyev, 61. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES