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Fire At Russia's Only Nuclear-Powered Icebreaker, No Deaths Reported
A fire that broke out on Russia's only nuclear-powered icebreaker and cargo ship was promptly extinguished, the Murmansk branch of the emergency ministry said late on Sunday.
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20 Killed After Fire Breaks Out At Russian Home For Elderly: Report
A fire broke out on Friday in an unregistered home for the elderly in the Siberian city of Kemerovo, killing 20 people, Tass news agency quoted emergency services as saying.
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15 Dead In Russia School Shooting, Gunman Kills Himself
The death count has risen to 15 people, including 11 children, after a man opened fire Monday at his former school in central Russia, authorities said.
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"Blame My Death On Russian Federation": Russian Journalist Dies After Setting Herself On Fire
The editor of a Russian independent news site died on Friday after setting herself on fire following a police raid in a probe targeting an opposition group, her website confirmed.
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Ukraine Under Pressure After Faking Journalist's Death
Ukraine was under fire Thursday after it admitted staging the murder of anti-Kremlin journalist Arkady Babchenko, despite relief in Russia and Ukraine that he was alive.
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Man Fires Shots Outside US Embassy in Turkey, Detained
Turkish police have detained a man who fired shots in front of the US Embassy in Ankara, several hours after the Russian Ambassador to Turkey was killed in an attack.
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Turkish Police Officer, Invoking Aleppo, Guns Down Russian Ambassador In Ankara
A gunman in Turkey wearing a business suit and tie opened fire Monday on Russia's ambassador, killing the diplomat and wounding several others at photo exhibit in the Turkish capital, officials said. The gunman was killed as panicked people scattered for cover in the gallery.
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Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj Meets Russian Counterpart Sergey Lavrov
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today met her Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow and raised issues of the killing of an Indian and the death of two Indian girl students in a fire tragedy in this country besides discussing key bilateral matters.
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Indians' Death To Figure During Sushma Swaraj's Russia Trip
The death of two Indian girl students in a Russian medical college hostel fire and that of a medical student from Srinagar in a Russian city will figure External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's trip to Moscow on April 18.
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Odessa Violence Flares Anew as PM Blames Deaths on Russia
Thousands of pro-Russian protesters assaulted Odessa's police headquarters on Sunday, days after deadly clashes and a fire there killed dozens of their comrades in what Kiev charged was a Russian plot to "destroy Ukraine".
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Dozens of wildfires sweep across southern Siberia
Emergency officials in Russia said on Thursday that wildfires have swept across southern Siberia, and destroying houses in several villages and endangering others. No deaths have been reported. The Emergency Situations Ministry said on Thursday that 59 fires were raging in the region east of Lake Baikal, thousands of kilometres east of Moscow.
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50 exotic animals die in Russian circus fire
More than 50 animals, including parrots, monkeys and chinchillas, have died in a circus firein Russia's second largest city of St Petersburg.The fire broke out yesterday when the exotic animals had been on display in an outbuilding close to the circus, a circus spokeswoman was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti.Twenty-three parrots, 10 rabbits, six ch...
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Moscow smog: 700 deaths a day
The death toll triggered by abnormal heat and dense smog caused by forest fires near the Russian capital has almost doubled to about 700 from the 360-380 deaths per day, a senior health official said on Monday."Usually, 360-380 deaths take place every day in Moscow, but these the rate has almost doubled to about 700," Chief of Moscow City Health De...
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Fire At Russia's Only Nuclear-Powered Icebreaker, No Deaths Reported
A fire that broke out on Russia's only nuclear-powered icebreaker and cargo ship was promptly extinguished, the Murmansk branch of the emergency ministry said late on Sunday.
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20 Killed After Fire Breaks Out At Russian Home For Elderly: Report
A fire broke out on Friday in an unregistered home for the elderly in the Siberian city of Kemerovo, killing 20 people, Tass news agency quoted emergency services as saying.
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15 Dead In Russia School Shooting, Gunman Kills Himself
The death count has risen to 15 people, including 11 children, after a man opened fire Monday at his former school in central Russia, authorities said.
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"Blame My Death On Russian Federation": Russian Journalist Dies After Setting Herself On Fire
The editor of a Russian independent news site died on Friday after setting herself on fire following a police raid in a probe targeting an opposition group, her website confirmed.
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Ukraine Under Pressure After Faking Journalist's Death
Ukraine was under fire Thursday after it admitted staging the murder of anti-Kremlin journalist Arkady Babchenko, despite relief in Russia and Ukraine that he was alive.
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Man Fires Shots Outside US Embassy in Turkey, Detained
Turkish police have detained a man who fired shots in front of the US Embassy in Ankara, several hours after the Russian Ambassador to Turkey was killed in an attack.
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Turkish Police Officer, Invoking Aleppo, Guns Down Russian Ambassador In Ankara
A gunman in Turkey wearing a business suit and tie opened fire Monday on Russia's ambassador, killing the diplomat and wounding several others at photo exhibit in the Turkish capital, officials said. The gunman was killed as panicked people scattered for cover in the gallery.
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Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj Meets Russian Counterpart Sergey Lavrov
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today met her Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow and raised issues of the killing of an Indian and the death of two Indian girl students in a fire tragedy in this country besides discussing key bilateral matters.
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Indians' Death To Figure During Sushma Swaraj's Russia Trip
The death of two Indian girl students in a Russian medical college hostel fire and that of a medical student from Srinagar in a Russian city will figure External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's trip to Moscow on April 18.
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Odessa Violence Flares Anew as PM Blames Deaths on Russia
Thousands of pro-Russian protesters assaulted Odessa's police headquarters on Sunday, days after deadly clashes and a fire there killed dozens of their comrades in what Kiev charged was a Russian plot to "destroy Ukraine".
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Dozens of wildfires sweep across southern Siberia
Emergency officials in Russia said on Thursday that wildfires have swept across southern Siberia, and destroying houses in several villages and endangering others. No deaths have been reported. The Emergency Situations Ministry said on Thursday that 59 fires were raging in the region east of Lake Baikal, thousands of kilometres east of Moscow.
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50 exotic animals die in Russian circus fire
More than 50 animals, including parrots, monkeys and chinchillas, have died in a circus firein Russia's second largest city of St Petersburg.The fire broke out yesterday when the exotic animals had been on display in an outbuilding close to the circus, a circus spokeswoman was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti.Twenty-three parrots, 10 rabbits, six ch...
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Moscow smog: 700 deaths a day
The death toll triggered by abnormal heat and dense smog caused by forest fires near the Russian capital has almost doubled to about 700 from the 360-380 deaths per day, a senior health official said on Monday."Usually, 360-380 deaths take place every day in Moscow, but these the rate has almost doubled to about 700," Chief of Moscow City Health De...
