Archive: RUSSIA for 15/02/2013

Meteorite damages 3,000 buildings in Chelyabinsk

15/02/2013 17:56

Around 3,000 buildings have been damaged in the city of Chelyabinsk worst hit by meteorite explosions, the city administration said on its website.

Skating children 'knocked down' by meteorite - eyewitness

15/02/2013 15:37

Children at an indoor ice stadium in the city of Chelyabinsk fled the building with their skates on, following the impact of a shock wave from the meteorite which struck the Ural region on Friday.

Meteorite: Over 400 injured, no major destruction

15/02/2013 12:29

The latest reports from Russian officials said that over 400 people have been injured by a meteorite explosion in three Russian regions

Meteorite injures over 100 people in Chelyabinsk

15/02/2013 11:56

More than 100 people sought medical assistance in Russia’s Chelyabinsk region after a meteorite explosion, which occurred there in the morning, the press office of the Ministry of Interior said on Friday.

Photo: Meteorite Showers over Chelyabinsk

15/02/2013 11:55

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Zhirinovsky: no meteorites, it’s new US weapons test

15/02/2013 11:54

The leader of Russia’s Liberal Democratic Party and vice speaker of the State Duma Vladimir Zhirinovsky accused on Friday the United States of testing new weapons over Russia.

Russia’s Constitutional Court calls for lower protest fines

14/02/2013 18:02

The minimum level of fines for violations of laws governing protests should be lowered, Russia’s Constitutional Court said on Thursday.

Ministry proposes doubling air crash compensation

14/02/2013 16:13

The Russian Ministry of Transport has proposed increasing compensation to the families of air crash victims from 2 million rubles to 4.8 million rubles ($159,630).

Café owner fined for denying entrance to man with guide dog

14/02/2013 13:39

The head of a company who owns a café in Bryansk was fined after his staff denied entry to a disabled person with a guide dog, the Prosecutor General’s office said on Thursday.

Court rules rally organizers not responsible for individuals

14/02/2013 13:15

The Constitutional Court has ruled that responsibility for actions of individual participants in public events can not be assigned to organizers, a judge of the court announced on Thursday.

Onishchenko: Return of blood-alcohol content ‘crushing retreat’

14/02/2013 12:25

The head of the Russian consumer protection watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, Gennady Onishchenko, lambasted on Thursday a prospect of reversing a total ban on alcohol for drivers.

Pilots of crashed Tu-204 lacked training say prosecutors

13/02/2013 14:51

The pilots of a Red Wings Tu-204 airliner which crashed at a Moscow airport in December had not received sufficient simulator training, Russian prosecutors said on Wednesday.

State Duma approves smoking ban

12/02/2013 18:30

Investigators deny Skolkovo came clean over embezzlement

12/02/2013 18:21

Russian investigators on Tuesday poured cold water on claims by the Skolkovo hi-tech hub that it had volunteered information about embezzlement.

Russian emergency service gets unified number

12/02/2013 15:08

Russians fear aging more than repression – poll

12/02/2013 15:04

Zhirinovsky calls for limits on smoking, licenses for sex

12/02/2013 15:03

Vladimir Zhirinovsky said the future law on tobacco smoking should be much tougher, adding that excessive eating and sex should also be restricted.

Alrosa extracts $1-mln diamond

12/02/2013 14:01

Russia’s state monopoly Alrosa has extracted a unique diamond weighing 145.44 carats and worth around $1 million, the company said.

Putin proposes ban on foreign accounts for officials

12/02/2013 12:57

President Vladimir Putin has sent to the State Duma a bill proposing to ban senior officials and their relatives from having accounts in foreign banks and holding securities issued by foreign bodies.

US asks Russia to lift meat ban

12/02/2013 10:26

The US government on Monday called on Russia to lift a ban on US beef and pork imports containing the livestock feed additive ractopamine, which went into effect earlier in the day.

February 2013

Crimea’s parliament decides to secede to Russia

06/03/2014 16:05

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President Putin tops ratings among Russians - poll

06/03/2014 10:50

Crimea crisis: Role of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet

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