Yerevan-bound plane turns back to Vnukovo
An Azimuth airlines plane flying from Moscow to Yerevan was forced to return to Vnukovo airport some 40 minutes into the flight due to ‘technical …
accidents in Russia
Ministry of Internal Affairs names main cause of fatal accidents in Russia
Over half of the deaths recorded in accidents in Russia occur as a result of head-on collisions
Two ships collide near Gelendzhik in Black Sea
Two vessels collided in the Black Sea area between the Russian ports of Gelendzhik and Novorossiysk, but damage was minimal, so the ships continued on their way, emergency services in the Krasnodar Region reported. …
Fire in Moscow’s scientific research center extinguished
Firefighters have extinguished a fire in the building of the Scientific Research Center for Electronic Computer Technology in the south of Moscow, emergency …
Dozens evacuated after fire breaks out at boarding house in Russia's Anapa
At least 26 people were evacuated after a fire broke out at a boarding house in the Blagoveshchensky district of Russia’s southern Black Sea city of Anapa, the local emergencies service’s press office announced on Friday. …
Explosion rocks Alye Parusa residential complex in Moscow
An explosion occurred in the lobby of the Alye Parusa high-rise residential complex in northwestern Moscow this morning. An explosion took place in the lobby on the first floor of the residential complex. The lobby’s …
Dubai-Moscow flight lands safely in Astrakhan
A Pobeda Airlines plane headed from Dubai to Moscow issued a distress signal over the Caspian Sea and then made a safe landing after one of the plane’s sensors raised a false alarm, the airline said. "The …
More tons of oil-contaminated sand removed from coast in Krasnodar Region
Rescuers and volunteers have already removed nearly 140,000 tons of oil-contaminated sand along the coasts of the Krasnodar Region after an oil spill caused by a tanker accident near …
How many tons of fuel oil removed from Black Sea beaches?
Rescue workers and volunteers have gathered 37,000 tons of sand and soil contaminated by petroleum products since the start of the oil spill on coasts of the …
Minister of Emergency Situations to monitor cleanup operations off Anapa coast
Russian Emergency Situations Minister Alexander Kurenkov arrived in the Krasnodar Territory's Anapa to monitor the cleanup of the spill from the two …
Baku-Grozny plane crashes in Aktau
A passenger plane en route from Baku to Grozny has crashed this morning near Kazakhstan's Aktau. The Embraer 190 plane belonged to Azerbaijan Airlines. The plane headed from Azerbaijan's Baku to Russia's Grozny, …
Russian oil supplies to Hungary resume
Supplies of oil from Russia to Hungary via the Druzhba pipeline, which was suspended due to technical malfunctions, have been resumed, Hungarian Foreign …
11 dead dolphins found in Russia’s Kuban following oil spill
Environmentalists have discovered the bodies of 11 dolphins believed to have been affected by a recent oil spill in the Black Sea. Earlier, witnesses found 6 dead dolphins in Russia's …
Fuel oil from wrecked tankers reaches Crimea
The release of fuel oil into the sea and onto the shore from the wrecked tankers occurred on the Kerch Peninsula
Beach in Anapa cleaned of spilled oil
Volunteers and rescuers cleaned the beach in a Black Sea village of spilled oil, the Krasnodar Region emergency management service said in a statement. "Within one day of December 18, volunteers and rescuers cleaned …
Two people killed in Moscow blast
As a result of the explosion on Moscow’s Ryazansky Avenue, two people were killed this morning. The explosion shook the first floor of a residential building that was not gasified on Ryazansky Avenue in southeastern Moscow. The …
Truck with tangerines caused accident in Sochi
As a result, several cars crashed into it
Fire at warehouse in Moscow extinguished
The fire at Promyshlennaya Street in Moscow has been extinguished, the Russian Emergencies Ministry reported. "The fire in Moscow has been completely eliminated. The cause is being investigated," the ministry …
Azimuth plane engine catches fire after landing in Antalya
An engine of a Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 operated by an airline called Azimuth caught fire as the plane was landing in the Turkish resort city of Antalya, …
Man rescued after 67 days adrift in Sea of Okhotsk
A man has been rescued in the Sea of Okhotsk after surviving for more than two months in a tiny inflatable boat that lost its engine, officials said. The prosecutor’s office in the far east of Russia said the man was …
