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Russia ban on grain export begins
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Satellite images show scope of wildfires. Russia
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Muscovites struggle to breathe Moscow: The acrid smoke, from thousands of square miles of wildfires, drove carbon monoxide levels in Moscow 5 times higher than what is considered ...
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Russian fires prompt state of emergency| Moscow: Authorities have imposed a state of emergency around about 500 towns and villages because of wildfires burning across the west of the country. 700 fires are burning, covering about 450 square miles.
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Wildfires:25 dead, thousands homeless Russia: The Russian government said it has sent some 240,000 people to fight the blazes, which are among the worst ever to hit the region
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52 dead in coal mine blasts. Siberia
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Polish president died in plane crash Russia: Tupolev 154, carrying Lech Kaczynski, has crashed near a Russian airport. 87 people were killed; there were no survivors
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80 dead in European winter weather. Poland
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152 killed in nightclub blast and fire Ural: An explosion at a nightclub killed at least 101 people and injured at least 140 others. The preliminary theory was use of pyrotechnical devi...
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| Aug. 14 |
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Russia ban on grain export begins Russia has imposed a ban on grain exports until the end of the year, after a severe drought and a spate of wildfires devastated crops
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Satellite images show scope of wildfires Russia: Photographs on NASA's website show hundreds of hot spots generated by wildfires across central and western Russia
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| Aug. 12 |
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Quarter of Russian crops lost in drought
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Moscow 'hiding heatstroke cases'
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| Aug. 9 |
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Heat and smog double death rate. Moscow
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| Aug. 8 |
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Hundreds more wildfires burn in Russia
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| Aug. 6 |
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Muscovites struggle to breathe| Moscow: The acrid smoke, from thousands of square miles of wildfires, drove carbon monoxide levels in Moscow 5 times higher than what is considered safe | |
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| Aug. 5 |
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Heavy smoke blankets Moscow
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| Aug.2 |
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Russian fires prompt state of emergency Moscow: Authorities have imposed a state of emergency around about 500 towns and villages because of wildfires burning across the west of the country
| 700 fires are burning, covering about 450 square miles.
Most of the fires were started accidentally by people burning garbage, dropping cigarettes, or failing to extinguish campfires or barbecues properly
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11 dead in plane crash. Siberia
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Firefighters gain control over wildfires. Russia
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| Jul.31 |
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Russia mobilises as fires burn on
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Wildfires:25 dead, thousands homeless| Russia: The Russian government said it has sent some 240,000 people to fight the blazes, which are among the worst ever to hit the region | |
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| Jul.30 |
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Medvedev orders army to fight wildfires. Moscow
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| Jul.15 |
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Rash of drownings to escape heat. Russia
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| Jul.2 |
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Russian spaceship fails to dock. Global
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| May.19 |
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No terror caused Polish plane crash. Moscow
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| May.11 |
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52 dead in coal mine blasts Siberia: The death toll from an accident has reached 52, with 38 people still missing. More than 80 survivors are currently in hospitals
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Mine blasts kill 11, trap dozens more. Siberia
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Polish president died in plane crash Map of Smolensk Russia| Russia: Tupolev 154, carrying Lech Kaczynski, has crashed near a Russian airport. 87 people were killed; there were no survivors. Kaczynski, his wife Maria and several senior government figures were in Russia to mark the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre. They included the army chief ... | |
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| Mar.21 |
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City fire chief dies in blaze |
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Cargo ship 'in danger of sinking' |
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| Jan.3 |
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Quake leaves 20,000 homeless |
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| Dec.21 |
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80 dead in European winter weather Poland: Sub-zero temperatures swept the continent, causing traffic chaos for millions. 42 people have frozen to death in Poland and another 27 in Uk...
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Death toll rises in nightclub inferno |
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Five held as investigators probe club fire. Ural
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Russia to mourn club fire victims |
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152 killed in nightclub blast and fire Map of Perm Russia| Ural: An explosion at a nightclub killed at least 101 people and injured at least 140 others. The preliminary theory was use of pyrotechnical devices. Most victims at the Lame Horse club died from smoke inhalation. President Dmitry... | |
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18 still missing after train derailment |
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Train derails, 26 died. Russia
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62 still missing after blast at plant Map of Khakassia Russia Siberia: An explosion at Russia's the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric plant, Russia's largest hydroelectric plant, killed 12 people
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| May.9 |
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Gas blast causes fire |
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| Feb.11 |
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Russian and US satellites collide Siberia: The communications satellites have collided in space in the first such reported mishap at high speed nearly 780km over Siberia
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| Jan.14 |
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Privatisation 'raised death rate' |
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| Dec.26 |
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27 dead after apartment blast |
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| Dec.16 |
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Tourist bus crash kills 24. Israel
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| Nov.9 |
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Fire system caused 20 sub deaths |
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| Nov.8 |
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Twenty die on Russian submarine. Russian Far East
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| Oct.6 |
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Dozens dead in quake |
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No survivors in jetliner crash Ural: The Boeing 737 carrying 88 people crashed early morning en route to Perm from Moscow when the pilots lost communication
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| Aug.29 |
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Jets avoid collision by a minute |
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| Aug.24 |
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Plane crash kills 70 people. Kyrgyzstan
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| Jun.8 |
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Battle to save 37 miners |
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| Dec.21 |
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Avalanche kills 16 on road |
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63 killed after coal mine blast Eastern Ukraine: A methane blast has ripped through a mine in eastern Ukraine, killing more than 30 miners and leaving about 50 others missing
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| Nov.12 |
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Death toll rises in oil disaster |
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| Nov.11 |
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Five ships sink in storms; 23 missing Map of Kerch Strait Russia Russia: At least 2 sailors died and 23 were missing when 5 ships sank in storms in the Black Sea and the Azov Sea
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Russian oil tanker breaks in two |
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| Aug.3 |
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Quake leaves 2,000 homeless |
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| Jul.17 |
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Poison threat from train |
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| Mar.20 |
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Search for miners after 100 killed |
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| Mar.19 |
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63 elderly die in home fire Russia: The fire swept through an old people's home in the village of Kamychevatskaya, in the Kuban region
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Mine explosion kills more than 100 Siberia: 88 miners had been rescued after the blast at the Ulyanovskaya mine is in the city of Novokuznetsk in the Kemerovo region
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Seven dead in plane crash |
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| Dec.11 |
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Car of ex-spy contact contaminated |
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Hospital fire killed 45 women. Moscow
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Russia airliner with 170 aboard crashes Map of Donetsk Ukraine Eastern Ukraine: The pilot reported a fire on board and heavy turbulence. A jet crashed in eastern Ukraine, killing all on board
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| Jul.9 |
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122 dead in airline crash. Siberia
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Jet lost over Russia, 113 on board Map of Sochi Sochi: An Armenian plane disappeared from radar near the Black Sea resort of Sochi. debris had been found off the coast
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| Apr.20 |
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7.7-magnitude quake |
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| Mar.21 |
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Bird flu kills five. Azerbaijan
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| Feb.23 |
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64 dead in roof collapse. Moscow
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49 dead in roof collapse |
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| Jan.26 |
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Bitter cold kills 181 |
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| Jan.20 |
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Freeze kills at least 40 |
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| Dec.24 |
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23 dead recovered from air crash |
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| Dec.23 |
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Plane crash along Caspian shore kills 23 |
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| Dec.15 |
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Explosion at nuclear plant |
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| Nov.24 |
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China warns Russia of toxic slick |
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| Aug.12 |
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Russia marks Kursk five years on |
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| Aug.6 |
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Trapped sub surfaces, crew safe Russian Far East: 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 |
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| Aug.5 |
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Russians race to rescue sailors |
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| Jun.21 |
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Malfunction fear for 'solar sail' |
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| Aug.25 |
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Hunt for clues to crashes |
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| Aug.24 |
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Two passenger jets crash Russia: 2 planes have crashed in nearly simultaneous incidents, with as many as 94 people feared killed
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| Mar.16 |
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58 dead in apartment blast |
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| Mar.14 |
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Historic building ablaze |
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| Mar.6 |
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Dramatic rescue of North Pole 12 |
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| Feb.15 |
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Hope fades for roof collapse survivors |
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| Feb.14 |
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Roof collapse kills 26. Moscow
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| Nov.23 |
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32 dead in dorm blaze |
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| Oct.29 |
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11 miners emerge from ordeal |
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| Oct.28 |
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Rescuers close to trapped miners |
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| Oct.25 |
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Rescuers Free 33 Trapped Coal Miners |
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| Aug.29 |
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Nuclear submarine sinks. Arctic
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Search on for blast survivors |
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| Apr.7 |
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School fire kills 22 |
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| Jan.8 |
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Russian freeze traps ships |
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| Dec.23 |
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Ukrainian plane crash kills 46. Iran
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| Oct.29 |
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Siege gas 'was morphine spray' |
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| Oct.27 |
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Gas killed all 115 hostages in raid. Moscow
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| Sep.21 |
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Avalanche: 100 feared dead. North Caucasus
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| Jul.31 |
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Coal mine explosions kills at least 19 |
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| Jul.29 |
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Military blamed for crash |
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| Jul.28 |
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14 die in airport crash |
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| Jul.27 |
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Airshow dead mourned |
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83 die in worst airshow crash Western Ukraine: The Russian fighter jet Sukhoi Su-27 crashed into a crowd at an airfield and exploded in a huge fireball. 115 people were injured
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71 dead in midair collision West Germany: A Tupolev 154 airliner and a Boeing 757 cargo plane collided over the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg
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| May.12 |
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Russian cosmodrome roof collapses |
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| Apr.27 |
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Former presidential candidate Lebed died |
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| Oct.4 |
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Jet explodes over Black Sea |
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| Aug.19 |
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Mine blast kills 33 |
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| Jul.3 |
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Plane crash kills 143 |
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Kursk submarine went down Arctic: All 118 crew members on board the nuclear submarine perished when the Kursk exploded and sank
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| Aug. 14 |
Satellite images show scope of wildfires Russia: Photographs on NASA's website show hundreds of hot spots generated by wildfires across central and western Russia
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| Aug. 9 |
Heat and smog double death rate. Moscow
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| Aug. 8 |
Hundreds more wildfires burn in Russia
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| Aug. 5 |
Heavy smoke blankets Moscow
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| Aug.2 |
Russian fires prompt state of emergency Moscow: Authorities have imposed a state of emergency around about 500 towns and villages because of wildfires burning across the west of the country
| 700 fires are burning, covering about 450 square miles.
Most of the fires were started accidentally by people burning garbage, dropping cigarettes, or failing to extinguish campfires or barbecues properly
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| Aug.1 |
Firefighters gain control over wildfires. Russia
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| Jul.31 |
Russia mobilises as fires burn on
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| Jul.31 |
Wildfires:25 dead, thousands homeless| Russia: The Russian government said it has sent some 240,000 people to fight the blazes, which are among the worst ever to hit the region | |
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| Jul.30 |
Medvedev orders army to fight wildfires. Moscow
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| Mar.21 |
City fire chief dies in blaze |
| 2009 |
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| Dec.6 |
Death toll rises in nightclub inferno |
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| Dec.5 |
Five held as investigators probe club fire. Ural
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| Dec.5 |
Russia to mourn club fire victims |
| 2007 |
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| Mar.19 |
63 elderly die in home fire Russia: The fire swept through an old people's home in the village of Kamychevatskaya, in the Kuban region
| 2006 |
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| Dec.8 |
Hospital fire killed 45 women. Moscow
| 2004 |
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| Mar.14 |
Historic building ablaze |
| 2003 |
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| Nov.23 |
32 dead in dorm blaze |
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| Apr.7 |
School fire kills 22 |
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| 2010 |
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| Jan.3 |
Quake leaves 20,000 homeless |
| 2008 |
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| Oct.6 |
Dozens dead in quake |
| 2007 |
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| Aug.3 |
Quake leaves 2,000 homeless |
| 2006 |
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| Apr.20 |
7.7-magnitude quake |
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| 2008 |
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| Dec.16 |
Tourist bus crash kills 24. Israel
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| 2010 |
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| Aug. 12 |
Moscow 'hiding heatstroke cases'
| 2006 |
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| Mar.21 |
Bird flu kills five. Azerbaijan
| 2002 |
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| Oct.29 |
Siege gas 'was morphine spray' |
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| Oct.27 |
Gas killed all 115 hostages in raid. Moscow
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| 2010 |
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| Jan.22 |
Cargo ship 'in danger of sinking' |
| 2008 |
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| Nov.9 |
Fire system caused 20 sub deaths |
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| Nov.8 |
Twenty die on Russian submarine. Russian Far East
| 2007 |
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| Nov.12 |
Death toll rises in oil disaster |
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| Nov.11 |
Five ships sink in storms; 23 missing Map of Kerch Strait Russia Russia: At least 2 sailors died and 23 were missing when 5 ships sank in storms in the Black Sea and the Azov Sea
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| Nov.11 |
Russian oil tanker breaks in two |
| 2005 |
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| Aug.12 |
Russia marks Kursk five years on |
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| Aug.5 |
Russians race to rescue sailors |
| 2003 |
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| Aug.29 |
Nuclear submarine sinks. Arctic
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| Jan.8 |
Russian freeze traps ships |
| 2000 |
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| Aug.12 |
Kursk submarine went down Arctic: All 118 crew members on board the nuclear submarine perished when the Kursk exploded and sank
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| 2010 |
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| May.11 |
52 dead in coal mine blasts Siberia: The death toll from an accident has reached 52, with 38 people still missing. More than 80 survivors are currently in hospitals
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| May.8 |
Mine blasts kill 11, trap dozens more. Siberia
| 2008 |
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| Jun.8 |
Battle to save 37 miners |
| 2007 |
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| Nov.18 |
63 killed after coal mine blast Eastern Ukraine: A methane blast has ripped through a mine in eastern Ukraine, killing more than 30 miners and leaving about 50 others missing
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| Mar.19 |
Mine explosion kills more than 100 Siberia: 88 miners had been rescued after the blast at the Ulyanovskaya mine is in the city of Novokuznetsk in the Kemerovo region
| 2002 |
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| Jul.31 |
Coal mine explosions kills at least 19 |
| 2001 |
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| Aug.19 |
Mine blast kills 33 |
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| 2010 |
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| Aug. 14 |
Russia ban on grain export begins Russia has imposed a ban on grain exports until the end of the year, after a severe drought and a spate of wildfires devastated crops
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| Aug. 12 |
Quarter of Russian crops lost in drought
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| Jul.15 |
Rash of drownings to escape heat. Russia
| 2009 |
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| Dec.21 |
80 dead in European winter weather Poland: Sub-zero temperatures swept the continent, causing traffic chaos for millions. 42 people have frozen to death in Poland and another 27 in Uk...
| 2006 |
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| Jan.26 |
Bitter cold kills 181 |
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| Jan.20 |
Freeze kills at least 40 |
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| 2010 |
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| Aug.2 |
11 dead in plane crash. Siberia
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| May.19 |
No terror caused Polish plane crash. Moscow
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| Apr.10 |
Polish president died in plane crash Map of Smolensk Russia| Russia: Tupolev 154, carrying Lech Kaczynski, has crashed near a Russian airport. 87 people were killed; there were no survivors. Kaczynski, his wife Maria and several senior government figures were in Russia to mark the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre. They included the army chief ... | |
| 2008 |
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| Sep.13 |
No survivors in jetliner crash Ural: The Boeing 737 carrying 88 people crashed early morning en route to Perm from Moscow when the pilots lost communication
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| Aug.29 |
Jets avoid collision by a minute |
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| Aug.24 |
Plane crash kills 70 people. Kyrgyzstan
| 2007 |
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| Mar.17 |
Seven dead in plane crash |
| 2006 |
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| Aug.22 |
Russia airliner with 170 aboard crashes Map of Donetsk Ukraine Eastern Ukraine: The pilot reported a fire on board and heavy turbulence. A jet crashed in eastern Ukraine, killing all on board
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| Jul.9 |
122 dead in airline crash. Siberia
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| May.2 |
Jet lost over Russia, 113 on board Map of Sochi Sochi: An Armenian plane disappeared from radar near the Black Sea resort of Sochi. debris had been found off the coast
| 2005 |
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| Dec.24 |
23 dead recovered from air crash |
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| Dec.23 |
Plane crash along Caspian shore kills 23 |
| 2004 |
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| Aug.24 |
Two passenger jets crash Russia: 2 planes have crashed in nearly simultaneous incidents, with as many as 94 people feared killed
| 2002 |
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| Dec.23 |
Ukrainian plane crash kills 46. Iran
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| Jul.29 |
Military blamed for crash |
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| Jul.28 |
14 die in airport crash |
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| Jul.27 |
Airshow dead mourned |
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| Jul.27 |
83 die in worst airshow crash Western Ukraine: The Russian fighter jet Sukhoi Su-27 crashed into a crowd at an airfield and exploded in a huge fireball. 115 people were injured
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| Jul.1 |
71 dead in midair collision West Germany: A Tupolev 154 airliner and a Boeing 757 cargo plane collided over the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg
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| Apr.27 |
Former presidential candidate Lebed died |
| 2001 |
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| Oct.4 |
Jet explodes over Black Sea |
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| Jul.3 |
Plane crash kills 143 |
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| 2010 |
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| Aug. 6 |
Muscovites struggle to breathe| Moscow: The acrid smoke, from thousands of square miles of wildfires, drove carbon monoxide levels in Moscow 5 times higher than what is considered safe | |
| 2006 |
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| Dec.11 |
Car of ex-spy contact contaminated |
| 2005 |
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| Nov.24 |
China warns Russia of toxic slick |
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| 2006 |
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| Feb.23 |
64 dead in roof collapse. Moscow
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| Feb.23 |
49 dead in roof collapse |
| 2004 |
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| Feb.14 |
Roof collapse kills 26. Moscow
| 2002 |
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| May.12 |
Russian cosmodrome roof collapses |
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| 2007 |
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| Dec.21 |
Avalanche kills 16 on road |
| 2002 |
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| Sep.21 |
Avalanche: 100 feared dead. North Caucasus
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| 2009 |
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| Nov.29 |
18 still missing after train derailment |
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| Nov.27 |
Train derails, 26 died. Russia
| 2007 |
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| Jul.17 |
Poison threat from train |
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| 2007 |
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| Mar.20 |
Search for miners after 100 killed |
| 2005 |
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| Aug.6 |
Trapped sub surfaces, crew safe Russian Far East: 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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| Aug.6 |
Rescuers lifting disabled sub |
| 2004 |
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| Mar.6 |
Dramatic rescue of North Pole 12 |
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| Feb.15 |
Hope fades for roof collapse survivors |
| 2003 |
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| Oct.29 |
11 miners emerge from ordeal |
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| Oct.28 |
Rescuers close to trapped miners |
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| Oct.25 |
Rescuers Free 33 Trapped Coal Miners |
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| Aug.1 |
Search on for blast survivors |
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| 2010 |
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| Jul.2 |
Russian spaceship fails to dock. Global
| 2009 |
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| Feb.11 |
Russian and US satellites collide Siberia: The communications satellites have collided in space in the first such reported mishap at high speed nearly 780km over Siberia
| 2005 |
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| Jun.21 |
Malfunction fear for 'solar sail' |
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| 2009 |
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| Dec.4 |
152 killed in nightclub blast and fire Map of Perm Russia| Ural: An explosion at a nightclub killed at least 101 people and injured at least 140 others. The preliminary theory was use of pyrotechnical devices. Most victims at the Lame Horse club died from smoke inhalation. President Dmitry... | |
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| Aug.18 |
62 still missing after blast at plant Map of Khakassia Russia Siberia: An explosion at Russia's the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric plant, Russia's largest hydroelectric plant, killed 12 people
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| May.9 |
Gas blast causes fire |
| 2008 |
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| Dec.26 |
27 dead after apartment blast |
| 2005 |
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| Dec.15 |
Explosion at nuclear plant |
| 2004 |
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| Mar.16 |
58 dead in apartment blast |
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