Two buses collide in Sochi
Two shuttle buses collided in Sochi, a source informed. “At about 16:30 Moscow time, two shuttle buses moving in the same direction collided on Kurortny Prospekt,” Interfax-South quotes the source as saying. …
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Sergei Zakharov’s family rejects Efremov's apology
The family of Sergei Zakharov, who died as a result of an accident on Smolenskaya Square in central Moscow, did not accept actor Mikhail Efremov’s apology, the lawyer of the family of the deceased, Alexander Dobrovinsky said. He …
One person killed in St Petersburg hospital fire
One person was killed after a fire broke out at a St Petersburg hospital treating patients with infectious diseases, according to the Russian Emergencies Ministry. Officials from the emergency services said the blaze broke out in the …
Four dead in helicopter crash in Russia’s Anadyr
Four people died in a Mi-8 helicopter crash at Ugolniye Kopi airport in Russia’s Chukotka, a source in the Chukotka Autonomous Region government said. "Four people died. The preliminary version of the crash is a …
Mi-8 military helicopter crashes near Moscow, crew dies
The crew of the Mi-8 helicopter of the Russian aerospace forces that crash landed near Moscow has died, the Russian defense ministry said. "A Mi-8 helicopter of the Russian aerospace that was on a training flight crash landed …
Fire erupts in intensive care unit at St. Petersburg hospital
Five people have been killed in a fire that took place at St. George Hospital in St. Petersburg, a source in the emergency services said. "Five patients put on artificial ventilation machines were killed in the fire," the …
Ten people die in fire at a hospice in Moscow region
The death toll from a fire in a hospice for the elderly in Krasnogorsk near Moscow has risen to 10, an official in the press service of the Moscow department of the Emergency Ministry said. "Ten people died. They all got poisoned …
Two men injured after gas bottle explosion at Russia’s largest floating factory
Two individuals were injured due to the gas bottle explosion at the Russia’s largest floating factory Vsevolod Sibirtsev in Nakhodka, the Marine Rescue and Coordination Center in Vladivostok said, TASS reports. "The bottle …
Four killed in Moscow retirement home fire, 16 injured
Two people who were injured in the fire at a retirement home in Moscow have died in hospital, a medical source said. "Two people have died in a hospital. Therefore, the number of fatalities climbed to four," TASS cited …
Gas explodes in apartment building in Nizhny Novgorod region
A gas cylinder exploded in an apartment in a residential building in the village of Filinskoye, Nizhny Novgorod Region, the Russian Emergencies Ministry press service said. "At 23:56 Moscow time, information was received about an …
Plane with activated engine failure alarm lands safely in Moscow
A passenger Boeing 737 with an activated engine breakdown alarm has landed safely at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo, a source in the emergencies services said. "The plane landed routinely. No one was hurt. A probe is underway to find …
Five servicemen injured in explosion at military base in Russia'sMurmansk region
Five servicemen received minor injuries in an explosion of simulated ammunition at a military base in Russia's northwestern Murmansk Region, according to a regional emergency service source. "Five servicemen received minor …
Plane preparing for emergency landing at Moscow due to cracked cockpit window
A Boeing 777 passenger plane flying from Moscow to Bangkok is getting ready to perform an emergency landing at Vnukovo Airport due to a technical issue, a Russia airline representative said. A reserve airplane is being …
Eight died in car accident in Russia's Pskov region
Eight people died in Russia’s Pskov Region in a major road accident, which involved a minibus and a truck, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said. "At 00:29, a car accident involving a Mercedes minibus and a Volvo truck …
Helicopter with three passengers aboard crashes in Russia’s Tatarstan
A Bell 406 helicopter with three passengers aboard crashed in the Russian region of Tatarstan, a deputy spokesperson for the Volga Transport Prosecutor’s Office said, TASS reported. The rescuers cannot land at the crash site due …
Petrol bombs thrown at Nikulinsky court in Moscow
The building of Moscow’s Nikulinsky District Court caught fire after unidentified perpetrators had thrown petrol bombs at it, a law enforcement source said, adding that the fire had been extinguished. "The perpetrators …
Five Turkish nationals dead after Russia's factory blast
An explosion rocked a metal structures factory in the Oryol Region’s Mtsensk, killing five Turkish nationals. "Five dead, a woman has been extracted from underneath the debris," an advisor from the Oryol Regional …
S7 Airline plane lands in Moscow due to bomb threat
Russia's S7 Airline plane landed in Moscow after one of the female passengers said that she had an explosive device with her, Baza reported. S7 Airline confirmed the information. According to the airline's …
Flight en route to Moscow returns to Khabarovsk over bomb threat
An Aeroflot flight en route from Khabarovsk to Moscow has returned to the airport of departure, an emergency source said. "The aircraft has landed normally. Experts will now inspect it," TASS cited the source as …
Uzbek nationals dead in Tomsk region fire
Eleven people died when a fire ripped through a one-storey wooden shack in a remote village in Russia's region of Tomsk, officials said. "The bodies of 11 people have been found," the Russian emergencies ministry said …
