An upcoming Russian reality TV show looks set to push the boundaries of the medium, with its creators claiming the armed contestants will be allowed to fight, rape and kill each other.

Apparently a kind of psychotic take on Survivor, Game2: Winter , sees 30 men and women abandoned in the wilds of Siberia, where they must try and survive for nine months in any way they can.

As the Siberian Times reports, the show's creators say "everything is allowed – fighting, alcohol, murder, rape, smoking, anything."

They have been quick to point out, however, that such actions would have consequences.

"You must understand that the police will come and take you away. We are on the territory of Russia, and obey the laws of the Russian Federation," the paper quotes staff as saying.

Yevgeny Pyatkovsky. (Credit: Yevgeny Pyatkovsky via Siberian Times)

“We will refuse any claim of participants even if they were to be killed or raped," said the show's creator, 35-year-old millionaire Yevgeny Pyatkovsky.

"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."

No doubt these statements are designed to drum up interest in the show, but if it lives up to its concept it's set to be a very gritty affair indeed.

Live streamed around the clock, Game2: Winter will be shot without a film crew, with contestants instead strapped with body cameras as they face -40C conditions, wolves, bears, and each other.

"There have been no reality TV projects before that stay on air 24/7," Mr Pyatkovsky says.

"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."

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Each participant will be trained up by ex-Spetznaz operatives before being dumped into wild equipped with little more than a knife (guns are not allowed) to pursue the $2.2m prize. The only "out" is a panic button uplinked to a satellite.

But, as Mr Pyatkovsky says, there are no second chances if you hit stop.

"The show will absolutely extreme.

"There will be no doctors with the participants. If someone gets sick, wounded and realise that he/she cannot pass the test, the helicopter will take him/her away to the doctors. Then the participant will quit the game forever."