According to ABC News, Russian media report that a boat being piloted by a captain suspected of being drunk has crashed into a barge, killing four people and wounding 49. The Interfax news agency, citing regional police and emergency services, says the crash occurred Saturday on the Irtysh river, 10 kilometers from the Siberian city of Omsk. The boat, an express ferry to a popular monastery, was carrying 60 passengers. Police told Interfax the captain appeared to be “under the influence of alcohol” when detained after the crash. Read article
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According to rian.ru, an official from the Embassy of the Sultanate of Oman has been found dead in a Moscow hotel room, the Russian capital’s investigative committee said in a statement on Thursday. The man’s body was found in a hotel room in downtown Moscow late Wednesday and an investigation is underway, the statement said. […]
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As reported by Focus-fen.net, a 51-year-old Russian tourist (woman) was rescued from drowning in the Bulgarian Golden Sands seaside resort close to the coastal city of Varna. Dr Ivan Ivanov, head of the Diagnostic and Consultative Centre I, in charge of the medical aid at the beaches announced the news for Radio FOCUS – Varna. […]
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Foxsports.com reports that race organizers say an Italian rider has died in a crash at the World Supersport race. Kawasaki Go Eleven rider Andrea Antonelli died Sunday after losing control of his Kawasaki ZX-6R bike in rainy weather and crashing during the opening lap, said Tatiana Makhina, a spokeswoman for the Moscow Raceway organizers. Read […]
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According to eturbonews.com, awo British tourists are among the victims when a light private helicopter has crashed in the Russian north about 150 kilometers east of Murmansk. The 5-seat Eurocopter EC120 Colibri helicopter was on a scheduled flight to the Lovozersky region in the northeast of the Kola Peninsula, a police source told RIA Novosti […]
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According to kyivpost.com, a boat with Ukrainian sailors capsized in Azov Sea on Wednesday evening, when chased by Russian border guards, a source from law enforcement agencies said. Read article
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According to news.tj, a well-known Tajik opposition journalist has been denied entry at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport, Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service reports. Officials at the airport told RFE/RL that journalist Dodojon Atovulloyev was asked to buy a ticket to Prague, Czech Republic, the city he arrived from on July 15. The airport officials did not elaborate […]
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According to the USA Today, a Russian passenger train has derailed while traveling from Siberia to Sochi, the future Olympic city on the Black Sea, and emergency officials say more than 70 people were injured. Oleg Fedyura of the Emergencies Ministry said the engine and five passenger cars derailed shortly before 5 p.m. Sunday as […]
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Armradio.am reports that French actor and Russian citizen Gerard Depardieu has been slightly injured in a car crash in central Moscow, according to an unidentified law-enforcement official, RIA Novosti reports. Depardieu, 64, was returning from a filming session for his latest movie, “Turquoise,” when a taxi ploughed into the side of the mini-van in which […]
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According to rian.ru, Israeli’s embassy in Russia denied reports on Sunday that the Israeli ambassador was robbed in St. Petersburg. Russia’s Interior Ministry reported on Sunday that an unidentified person had stolen a purse with money and documents from the Israeli ambassador to Russia. The Israeli embassy said, however, the money and documents were stolen […]
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