accidents in Russia

Two ships collide near Gelendzhik in Black Sea

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. …

Explosion rocks Alye Parusa residential complex in Moscow

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

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 …

Baku-Grozny plane crashes in Aktau

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

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 …

Beach in Anapa cleaned of spilled oil

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

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 …

Fire at warehouse in Moscow extinguished

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 …

Man rescued after 67 days adrift in Sea of Okhotsk

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 …