Competitors will be armed with knives and dumped in the Siberian wilderness with bears and wolves for nine months in the hope of winning £1.3million

A BRUTAL Russian reality show allowing “fighting, murder and rape” will see contestants armed with knives and dumped in the Siberian wilderness to battle bears, wolves and freezing temperatures.

The bonkers show will see 30 men and women dumped in Siberia in the ultimate survival test, surrounded by bears and wolves

Contestants from different countries seeking a £1.3 million prize will be issued with knives but not guns and expected to hunt and fish for food to stay alive.
The shocking rules say: “Everything is allowed. Fighting, alcohol, murder, rape, smoking, anything.”
Russian millionaire Yevgeny Pyatkovsky, 35, is the brains behind the extreme contest – but says the show won’t take responsibility for what happens to the contestants.
He said: “We will refuse any claim of participants even if they were to be killed or raped.
“We will have nothing to do with this. This will be spelt out in a document to be signed by the participant before the start of the show.”
But while the show’s own rules are that absolutely anything goes, Russian criminal laws will still apply if contestants do end up turning savage.
Contestants are told if there is proof of criminality “the police will come and take you away”.
 

Contestants will be armed with knives and must hunt and forage for food to survive the harsh Siberian conditions

But critics claim the rules will lead to “savage and bestial behaviour” among contestants as they are forced to live like wild animals.
“It’s as if they’re trying to encourage rape or murder. There may be cameras around but they won’t see everything,” said one online commentator.
Called “Game2: Winter”, the participants – who must be over 18 and “mentally sane” – are expected to fork out £132,000 to take part, although some will be selected in an online poll and enter for free.
“There will be no film crew – the whole area will be dotted with cameras and each participant will be carrying a portable camera with seven-hour life rechargeable battery,” said Mr Pyatkovsky.
 

The contestants will be surrounded by predators such as wolves and bears as they battle to survive in the forest

The survival contest will be screened online 24/7 using footage from 2,000 fixed cameras on a 2,225 acre slice of taiga, with translations into English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese and Arabic.
“Probably all of you have watched the Lost TV series, but surviving in a tropical climate is quite different from trying to stay alive in the Siberian taiga – boreal forest – at minus 40 degrees Celsius,” said the television executive.
He believes the show, which starts in July, will attract “rich and risky” people craving a new and ultimate challenge.
 

There will be no doctors and anyone wounded  by wildlife or sick will have to quit the show and helicoptered out of the wilderness

They will be given survival training from Russia’s elite former GRU Spetznaz operatives, but after that they will be on their own – coping with temperatures ranging from 35C in high summer to minus 40C or lower in the depths of the Siberian winter.  Read more here»