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| May. 24 |
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Russia's Far East rocked by powerful earthquake Map of Sea of Okhotsk Russia| The epicenter for the extremely powerful 8.2 quake was located in the Sea of Okhotsk, just to the west of the Kamchatka Peninsula | |
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| Apr.1 |
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Russian ice-floe anglers rescued Map of Sakhalin Russia More than 600 anglers stranded on an ice floe in the Russian far east have been rescued. The operation to airlift involved 2 helicopters and 11 ships
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| Dec.20 |
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More aircraft search Russian oil rig scene Map of Sea of Okhotsk Russia Authorities are adding more aircraft Tuesday to help in the search for victims from a Russian oil rig that collapsed in freezing north Pacific waters
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| Dec.19 |
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Survivors on raft found after oil rig sinks Map of Sea of Okhotsk Russia Rescue workers have found a raft with up to 15 people aboard near an offshore Russian drilling rig that capsized in the Sea of Okhotsk
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| Dec.17 |
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Russia oil rig capsizes under tow Map of Sea of Okhotsk Russia| Kolskaya oil drilling rig has capsized in freezing seas in the Russian far east, with the loss of two lives and more than 50 people missing | |
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| Aug.19 |
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Kim Jong-il begins Russian trip North Korea's reclusive leader, Kim Jong-il, has begun his first trip to Russia since 2002
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| Oct.31 |
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Medvedev visit stokes Japan row Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has arrived in the Kurils, defying Japan's warnings not to visit the disputed islands in the Pacific Ocean
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| Jul.20 |
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Russia to build a new spaceport Prime Minister Vladimir Putin: Russia will invest US $800m (£527m) into a new spaceport in the country's Far East
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| Jan.29 |
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Russia tests its first stealth fighter jet 5th-generation Sukhoi, provisionally called T-50, is the country's first fighter jet based on the stealth technology
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| Jan.22 |
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Cargo ship 'in danger of sinking' The refrigerator vessel, the Smolninsky, with 30 crew members aboard was in danger of sinking while stormy weather interfered with rescue ef...
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| May.21 |
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Ties tense for EU-Russia summit
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| Apr.7 |
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Strong quake rattles Pacific islands A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck just east of the Kuril Islands, disputed between Russia and Japan
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| Nov.24 |
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7.0 earthquake struck off Kamchatka The quake's epicenter was in the Sea of Okhotsk, about 315 km west-northwest of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy
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| Nov.9 |
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Fire system caused 20 sub deaths An accident that killed 20 people on a new nuclear submarine was caused by a malfunctioning fire safety system that spewed out chemicals
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| Nov.8 |
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Twenty die on Russian submarine| At least 20 people have died in an incident involving the failure of a fire extinguishing system on a nuclear submarine. There were 208 people on board. An accident was caused by a malfunctioning ... | |
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| Jan.5 |
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Stranded boat crew finally rescued 11 fishing boat crew had been stranded since October off the Kamchatka Peninsula were sheltering nearly 3 months at an abandoned military ba...
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| Aug.3 |
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Quake leaves 2,000 homeless Map of Sakhalin Russia More than 2,000 people have been left homeless following an earthquake on island of Sakhalin
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| Aug.2 |
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2 dead in island of Sakhalin quakes The first earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 off Sakhalin. It was felt in Japan
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| Dec.11 |
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Gazprom 'wins $22B Shell gas plan'. Moscow
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| Apr.20 |
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7.7-magnitude quake There were reports of damage in some villages in Kamchatka Peninsula
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| Dec.20 |
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Russians stow water as spill nears Residents of Khabarovsk stocked up on water in the hours before the arrival of a toxic slick of chemicals
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| Aug.17 |
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Russian-Chinese war games begin Map of Vladivostok Russia| Air, sea, and ground units from both countries are starting a week of major exercises, dubbed Peace Mission 2005 | |
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| Aug.6 |
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Trapped sub surfaces, crew safe Map of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Russia| A mini-submarine that had been trapped at the bottom of the ocean surfaced, and all 7 crew members are alive | |
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Rescuers lifting disabled sub Map of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Russia Rescuers have snagged a mini-sub to bring the vessel and its seven-man crew to a depth accessible to divers
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| Aug.5 |
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Russians race to rescue sailors The U.S. Navy is sending a crew to Russia's Pacific Coast to rescue 7 Russian sailors trapped in a mini-submarine
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| Aug.23 |
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20 found dead in 'copter wreckage
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| Jan.26 |
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Power cuts hit space centre
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| Dec.1 |
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Plane crash kills 17
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