All articles tagged "accidents"
Collision of Russian and American satellites could be planned by US – officer 
6 Mar, 03:52 PM 10 comments
A Russian senior officer has voiced suspicions that the collision between a US Iridium satellite and a Russian military satellite last month was intentionally caused by the United States
Moscow hit-and-run driver downs 16 people in fight against bureaucracy 
6 Mar, 03:54 PM 16 comments
The driver who hit 16 pedestrians, including a US national, near Russia’s largest university has announced he did it on purpose.
Crash prompts Russia to toughen penalties for drunken pilots 
13 Mar, 02:06 PM 14 comments
Russia’s Transport Ministry is drafting a law to toughen penalties for aircraft pilots caught flying under the influence of alcohol
Nine Russian tourists killed in Vietnam bus crash 
16 Mar, 10:43 PM 4 comments
Nine Russian tourists died, and several more were critically injured in a bus crash in Vietnam.
4 killed, 8 injured in a stampede struggling to enter disco for free 
22 Mar, 03:41 PM 14 comments
Four people were killed and eight wounded in a stampede at the entrance to a night club in a Russian city, after the club's owners announced free entrance to the disco.
14 killed, 4 wounded in Russian bus accident 
26 Mar, 10:02 PM 8 comments
Fourteen people got killed and four injured when a bus collided with a truck and burst into flames not far from Moscow.
Sapper dies demining pipeline in Russian south 
10 Apr, 01:03 PM
A bomb explosion has killed a field engineer working to remove explosive mines from a major gas pipeline in the republic of Dagestan in Russia’s south.
Turkmenistan wants Russia to compensate gas pipeline blast 
14 Apr, 02:45 PM 3 comments
After blaming Russia for causing the blast that ripped open a gas pipeline in Turkmenistan last week, the Central Asian country went on to say it will demand compensation of damages from Russia.
Landslide kills 16 in Kyrgyz village 
16 Apr, 11:18 PM 1 comment
A landslide that covered a village in Kyrgyzstan has killed at least 16 people, local authorities say.
Three -meter-high bronze statue collapses in south Russian hero city 
20 Apr, 04:00 PM
A memorial to Soviet heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad has been toppled by high winds in the center of Volgograd
Russian helicopter with 7 onboard goes missing over Siberia 
22 Apr, 01:13 PM 1 comment
A Mi-2 helicopter with seven people on board has gone missing in the Tomsk region of Russia’s Siberia.
Parents of Bodensee air disaster victims seek $600 mln from US companies 
23 Apr, 01:14 PM 5 comments
The families of children killed in an aircraft disaster over Bodensee Lake are seeking $600 million in damages from two American companies that installed security systems on the planes that collided in 2002.
Five-drunk-men-on-one-motorbike stunt ends in death 
27 Apr, 01:47 PM 19 comments
A motorcycle being ridden by five drunken men crashed into the wall of a building in Russian town Byisk, South Siberia. Three of the men were thrown through a window into the apartment of an 81-year-old woman. One of them died at the scene as a result of a head injury.
2 killed in reality show studio collapse in Georgia 
27 Apr, 03:59 PM
Two people were killed Sunday when a five-storey building housing Georgia's 'Star Academy' reality TV show collapsed.
17 killed in Russian-made helicopter crash in Venezuela 
4 May, 10:47 PM 2 comments
A Mi-35 military helicopter crash has killed 18 Venezuelan soldiers, who were patrolling Venezuela's border with Colombia.
Russian Prosecutor’s office probes illegal helicopter hunting case 
6 May, 11:29 PM 10 comments
A criminal investigation has been launched into a helicopter accident involving high-ranking Russian officials. Environmentalists say an illegal helicopter hunt turned into a tragedy during a chase after endangered goats.
4 killed as Russian pilot crashes light aircraft in Bolivia 
13 May, 11:01 PM 5 comments
Four people, including a Russian pilot, have died in Bolivia in a light aircraft crash.
7 injured as Russian-made fighter jet crashes in India 
15 May, 12:52 PM 4 comments
A Russian-made Mig-27 fighter aircraft crashed in an Indian village on Friday, injuring six local people and a child on the ground.
Ferrari burns to ashes in Moscow minutes after purchase 
20 May, 12:57 PM 4 comments
A unique Ferrari sports car burned to the ground half an hour after it was purchased at a Moscow showroom.
Voices from afterlife claim Air France crash was "a crime" 
10 Jun, 12:45 PM 19 comments
A Russian researcher has registered a radio message from the dead, warning that the recent mysterious crash of the Air France liner over the Atlantic Ocean was "a crime".
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