All articles tagged "accident"
Air traffic controller dies giving landing instructions to pilot 
6 Apr, 04:14 PM 6 comments
An air traffic controller died suddenly after feeling sick while supervising a landing aircraft at Rostov airport
Turkmen pipeline blast halts gas supply to Russia 
9 Apr, 04:04 PM 4 comments
Turkmenistan has halted gas exports to Russia due to a pipeline blast on Thursday
Russian lion tamer chooses surgery in Germany 
18 Apr, 06:37 PM 6 comments
After suffering injuries of both arms, world famous animal tamer Edgard Zapashny was delivered to a Moscow hospital
Moscow's Easter road accidents climb to 230 
19 Apr, 06:05 PM 4 comments
The number of traffic accidents rose to 230 in Moscow on Holy Saturday this year, says traffic police spokesman
Gas blast in Siberian city kills 8 
3 May, 04:33 PM 6 comments
A gas explosion tore through a Siberian apartment block early Sunday and sparked a fire that engulfed the building, killing eight people, including two children
Siberian governor killed in helicopter crash 
10 May, 05:51 PM 7 comments
The governor of the Siberian region of Irkutsk has been killed in a helicopter crash
Russian tourist saves young Parisian from deadly fall 
12 May, 06:09 PM 3 comments
A Russian tourist, who has not been named, has rescued a little French girl in Paris. The 2-year-old girl tumbled out of the window from the 6th-floor, but the Russian man caught her in his arms. The girl got off with nothing more than a fright.
City contamination feared after Yerevan rubber plant blast 
15 May, 12:07 PM 7 comments
Three people are reported to have died in a fire that broke out at a rubber plant in the Armenian capital Yerevan on May 14, an emergencies ministry official said. There was an explosion in the chloroprene section at the Nairit Plant which was followed by a fire. Some time later a second powerful explosion occurred.
Teen's amateur horror shoot turns into personal snuff film 
20 May, 02:09 PM 89 comments
A 16 year-old teenager accidentally hanged himself shooting an amateur horror film in the Russian city of Kondopoga.
26 missing in Ukrainian coal mine collapse 
8 Jun, 05:39 PM 6 comments
26 Ukrainian miners were reported missing as a result of damage to a Donetsk coal mine. Officials said earlier a discharge of gas had taken place in the mine.
Death toll in gas explosion at Ukraine's coalmine rises to six 
9 Jun, 12:26 PM 14 comments
The death toll in the gas explosion at the Skochinsky coalmine in Ukraine’s Donetsk region on Monday rose to six, the state rescue service of the Coal Industry Ministry said Tuesday. Six others are still missing.
Death toll in explosion at Ukrainian coal mine rises to 9 
10 Jun, 12:58 PM 14 comments
At least nine miners are dead and four others missing after a coal-mine accident earlier this week in eastern Ukraine, according to a revised casualty toll.
Lucky Russian carpenter survives after being hit by a 100-kilo concrete slab 
11 Jun, 04:12 PM 17 comments
A 44-year old Russian carpenter miraculously survives after a 100-kilo (2.20 cwt) concrete slab falls onto his head
Former Ingushetian vice premier gunned down 
13 Jun, 10:23 PM 6 comments
Bashir Aushev, former vice premier of Russia’s Republic of Ingushetia and current governmental official, has been killed in the town of Nazran
World cycling champion Stagurskaya killed by car during training 
26 Jun, 01:25 PM 9 comments
World cycling champion Zinaida Stagurskaya has been knocked down by a car while training in the Belarusian city of Vitebsk, near the border with Russia and Latvia. The sportswoman was hit by a Honda which was driving down the wrong side of the road.
6 wounded by bomb blast in Chechen capital Grozny 
7 Jul, 04:41 PM 7 comments
Six people, including one police officer, have been wounded as a result of a bomb blast in the Russian city of Grozny, Chechen Republic.
Mother oblivious as 2-year old son flies out of speeding car 
10 Jul, 04:00 PM 14 comments
A young Moscow woman failed to notice when her 2 year-old son fell out of their speeding car.
Russia's Volga River faces major contamination after oil tanker crash 
14 Jul, 04:57 PM 14 comments
Russian authorities were scrambling Tuesday to contain a major oil spill on the Volga River after a barge ran aground when its captain fell asleep.
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