17:24
CHIEF WARDERS HELP PRISONERS ESCAPE FROM IMPREGNABLE MOSCOW JAIL
Assistant chief of detention center ¹2 of the Moscow Butyrskaya jail (widely known in Russia as Butyrka), Ibragim Daudov, and two militia sergeants were detained, as they are suspected of rendering assistance to the criminal who had recently escaped from the jail More details...

12:23
DIVERS TRYING TO SET GUIDE CABLES ON KURSK
In spite of the severe weather conditions, divers laid 2 plugs into the holes in the Kursk's inner hull and driven them into the work position over the past 24 hours, said Wednesday navy spokesman Igor Dygalo. More details...

12:08
TWO SALVAGE SCENARIOS POSSIBLE IF WEATHER WORSENS IN BARENTS AREA
If the weather worsens greatly in the course of the Kursk salvage effort, the submarine could be laid back to the sea floor, Nico Buis, the head of the Smit International, was quoted as saying. More details...

12:08
TWO SALVAGE SCENARIOS POSSIBLE IF WEATHER WORSENS IN BARENTS AREA
If the weather worsens greatly in the course of the Kursk salvage effort, the submarine could be laid back to the sea floor, Nico Buis, the head of the Smit International, was quoted as saying. More details...

12:00
SIX GRIPPERS INSTALLED IN KURSK
By Wednesday, the divers working on the wrecked Kursk nuclear submarine, have completed the installation of six grippers, Larissa van Seumeren, the official spokesman for the Mammoet company, was quoted as saying. More details...

11:58
OPERATION TO RAISE KURSK SUBMARINE MAY START OCTOBER 7-8
The operation to hoist the sunken nuclear submarine Kursk from the bottom of the Barents Sea can start October 7 or 8, President of Mammoet company Frans van Seumeren told a Wednesday press conference in Murmansk. More details...

16:00
SIX PERSONS DIED OF OVEREXPOSURE TO THE COLD IN MOSCOW
According to information of the ambulance service, in Moscow, six people died as a result of overexposure to the cold over the last 24 hours, ‘Interfax’ reports. Among the victims of cold, there are five men between 40 to 60 years of age and one woman of about 35. This autumn, already 18 persons have died due to overexposure to the cold.

14:26
MURMANSK BIOLOGISTS: KURSK WIRES POSE NO ECOLOGICAL DANGER TO KOLA BAY
The wires of the Kursk sub and their installation into the dock of the Roslyakovo factory /near Murmansk/ will not affect the environmental safety of the Kola Bay, Dmitri Matishov in charge of the radiation safety of Murmansk Marine Biological Institute reported Tuesday. More details...

12:46
KHABAROVSK TERRITORY ANNOUNCES EMERGENCY FIRE SITUATION
Uncontrollable forest fires blazing throughout Russia's Far Eastern Khabarovsk territory have prompted local authorities to announce an emergency situation in three of the territory's districts. In the meantime, the amount of smoke hovering above Khabarovsk, the administrative center of the territory, has reached double the permissible norm, reported the press service of the Russian emergencies ministry on Tuesday. More details...

12:20
FINAL STAGE OF KURSK RECOVERY OPERATION TO BE DISCUSSED
A meeting is to be held on Tuesday on board the diving support vessel, the Mayo, to discuss the final stage of the Kursk recovery operation. More details...

12:15
PREPARATION OF GUIDE CABLES ON KURSK'S 5TH COMPARTMENT COMPLETED
On Tuesday morning preparation of fastening the guide cables on two holes of the Kursk's fifth compartment had been completed, said Northern Fleet spokesman Vladimir Navrotsky. More details...

11:56
GUIDE CABLES INSTALLATION STARTED ON KURSK'S 4TH COMPARTMENT
Tuesday divers started installation of guide cables to fasten the plugs on the Kursk's 4th compartment, said Navy spokesman Igor Dygalo. More details...

19:18
BABY GIRL ATE TOO MUCH HEXOGEN
A unique thing happened in the Samara region: one-year-old baby girl Lisa Yashkina from the settlement of Chapayevsky ate too much hexogen More details...

19:02
NUMBER OF FOREST FIRES IN RUSSIA EXCEEDS LAST YEAR LEVEL BUT THEIR AREA IS SMALLER
The number of forest fires in Russia exceeded the last year level but their area is 50 per cent smaller in comparison with 2000. Since the beginning of the fire-risk season 19,350 forest fires have been registered in 2001 with 18,820 fires registered by October 1, 2000 More details...

17:03
SMOKE FROM FOREST FIRES OUTSIDE KHABAROVSK REACHES 180 METERS HIGH
Smoke from forest fires raging in the neighborhood of Khabarovsk, Russia's Far East, and surrounding districts reaches almost 180 meters above the ground More details...

14:01
KURSK RAISING POSSIBLY TO START ON MONDAY EVENING
The raising of the Kursk nuclear submarine could be launched on Monday evening, Larissa van Seumeren, the official spokesman for the Mammoet company, was quoted as saying. More details...

12:22
NORTHERN FLEET TO LAUNCH ACTIVE STAGE OF KURSK RAISING OPERATION
Russian Vice Premier Ilya Klebanov has travelled to the Northern Fleet headquarters to supervise the active stage of the operation to raise the Kursk nuclear submarine, reported assistant Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Igor Dygalo. More details...

12:17
ACTIVE PHASE OF KURSK SALVAGE OPERATION TO BE LAUNCHED
Russian Vice-Premier Ilya Klebanov has arrived in the station of the Russian Northern Fleet to take part in the active phase of the Kursk salvage operation, Aide to the Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Igor Dygalo said Monday. More details...

13:06
DIVERS WORKING INSIDE KURSK PRESSURE HULL
It's intended to completely clear the last two holes inside compartment No. 8 of the Kursk submarine's pressure hull today, said Captain First Class Igor Dygalo, who serves as assistant to the Russian Navy's commander-in-chief. More details...

17:13
TANKS RAN INTO GAS PIPELINE AT MILITARY EXERCISES IN UKRAINE
A state of emergency happened yesterday night, when a column of tanks that took part in the military exercise, lost its route and orientation in the darkness More details...

16:47
EXPLOSIVE FOUND AT MOSCOW VNUKOVO AIRPORT. FOR THE FIRST TIME, TERRORIST’S PHONE CALL WAS TRUE
At the present moment, the passengers and personnel of the airport are being evacuated. An explosive was detected in a Ford vehicle parked close to the building of the airport More details...

14:06
LIFE ON EARTH: DISASTER OF 65M YEARS AGO NOT UNIQUE
The disaster of 65 million years ago which wiped out a substantial part of the Earth’s living organisms was not the only catastrophe on a planetary scale, according to Japanese, Canadian and South African investigators. More details...

13:59
EIGHT TONS OF EXPLOSIVES ABOARD AN-12 TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT ARRESTED IN MOSCOW AIRPORT
The Russian Ayerofrakht-registered An-12 transport aircraft carrying eight tons of explosive agents, was arrested in the airport of Domodyedovo, officials of the Russian State Customs Committee reported on Friday. More details...

13:55
WELL KNOWN RUSSIAN SHE-KILLER NIKITA DETAINED IN MOSCOW
A killer woman dubbed “Nikita” has been detained by Moscow police. She is suspected of perpetrating a series of contract killings. The police has managed to figure her out thanks to a accidental witness of one of those killings. Normally, the woman killer did not leave living witnesses. But one of her victims proved lucky enough. He received a wound believed to be fatal, but managed to survive. More details...

11:57
ANONYMOUS PHONE CALL PROMPTS SEARCH FOR EXPLOSIVES AT VNUKOVO AIRPORT
The public relations service of Moscow's Vnukovo airport has confirmed receiving an anonymous call about a bomb planted at the airport. More details...

19:04
US EMBASSY’S MILITARY ATTACHE MISTREATED IN MOSCOW
His car has been stolen. The incident took place at 16:15 local time in the Russian capital's eastern district. Unidentified malefactors stole the car belonging to the US embassy’s military attache. More details...

15:51
MADMAN SHOT SWISS PARLIAMENT
An emergency in Switzerland. An apparently mentally ill man has attacked the parliament building of the Swiss canton of Zug. Carrying a firearm, he rushed into the conference hall and opened fire on the deputies. Then he threw several grenades into the hall. According to the police, 14 people have been killed and several dozens have been wounded.

15:47
EMERGENCY TEAMS CONTINUE TO TACKLE EFFECTS OF BASHKIRIA OIL ACCIDENT
Emergency teams are still battling with the effects of the September 24th accident on the main oil pipeline in Bashkiria (a Russian constituent republic). More details...

14:23
KURSK RAISING TO START AFTER WEATHER IMPROVES
Works on raising the Kursk submarine will start only after the weather improvement expected on October 1, said Thursday Special expedition Commander Vice-Admiral Mikhail Motsak. More details...

11:47
GIANT-4 BARGE STARTS MANEUVERS TO ANCHOR NEAR KURSK'S LIFTING SITE
The Giant-4 barge has started maneuvers near the site of the Kursk lifting operation for anchoring this morning, Mikhail Motsak, the head of the mission's headquarters, announced in an interview today. More details...