12:02
VALDIMIR PUTIN SPEAKS ABOUT SALVAGING OF KURSK
Russian President Vladimir Putin states that the preparation for salvaging of the Kursk nuclear submarine fits the schedule. The Kursk wrecked in the Barents Sea on August 12, 2000. More detail...

15:27
PROJECT TO RAISE FIRST COMPARTMENT OF KURSK SUBMARINE DUE IN NOVEMBER
The project to raise the first compartment of Russia's nuclear submarine Kursk will be ready in November, says Igor Spassky, the head of the St. Petersburg-based Rubin Bureau that designed the sunken submarine. More detail...

14:24
RUSSIAN EXPERTS WARRANT NUCLEAR SAFETY WHILE HOISTING KURSK
The experts who prepared the Kursk salvage operation warrant nuclear safety at the site, said Friday Igor Zakharov, chief of the Central Naval Scientific-Research Institute in St.Petersburg. More detail...

12:51
NO COMBAT TORPEDOES REMAIN ON KURSK
No combat torpedoes remain on board the sunken Kursk submarine to be lifted from the Barents Sea bottom, said Friday in St.Petersburg Igor Spassky, head of the Rubin design bureau which constructed the submarine that sank last year. More detail...

12:29
ONE MORE MINER DIES AFTER EXPLOSION IN DONETSK MINE
One more miner injured in the August 19th blast in the Zasyadko mine has died in Donetsk, Ukraine. The total number of victims of the tragedy has reached 55 people. 35 miners died immediately after the explosion and 10 died of injuries and burns. 10 other miners, who did not come out of the mine after the blast, have been officially pronounced dead. More detail...

12:04
KURSK MISSILE LAUNCHERS NOT DANGEROUS
Twenty-two missile launchers of the Russian wrecked Kursk nuclear submarine are not dangerous, Igor Spasski, Head of the Rubin Design Bureau, was quoted as saying on Friday. This Bureau was responsible for the design of this submarine. More detail...

11:40
RUSSIAN NAVY COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF TO VISIT WRECK SITE
Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Kuroyedov went on a business trip to the North Fleet. According to his Aide, Igor Dygalo, the trip is connected with the commencement of an active phase of the first preparatory stage of the Kursk nuclear submarine salvage operation. More detail...

20:30
UKRAINIAN COAL MINE BURIES SIX ALIVE
A collapsed roof buried six workers alive in the Krasnoarmeiskaya Zapadnaya coal mine in Donetsk, reports Ukraine's Ministry for Emergency and Calamity Relief. Rock slid over a ten metre distance. Rescuers had cleared off the debris along nine metres by 7 pm, local time. It is not clear as yet what caused the accident. More detail...

17:52
AN-32 AIRCRAFT MAKES FORCED LANDING AFTER ENGINE FAILURE
An AN-32 aircraft, which was making a charter flight to deliver building materials from Cheremshanka airport in Eastern Siberia to Lensk in Yakutia, the Far East, made a forced landing at Bratsk airport on Thursday after one if its two engines failed, air traffic controllers of Cheremshanka airport have said. More detail...

12:49
TWO TASK FORCE EMPLOYEES MISSING ON SAKHALIN ISLAND
Two men working for the special forces of the Ministry of Justice disappeared on the Sakhalin Island during an raid to protect salmon spawning areas. The search has been underway for five days. More detail...

12:41
EXPLOSION IN SMOLENSK - INTIMIDATING ACTION AGAINST SMOLENSK ENERGY SECTOR WORKERS
A self-made explosive device went off in the direct proximity of the Smolenskenergo building in Smolensk, a regional centre in western Russia, in early hours of Thursday. Windows of the four-storey building were broken and the furniture damaged. No casualties were reported. More detail...

11:52
TERRORIST ACT IN SMOLENSK
A terrorist act has been committed in Smolensk, west of central Russia. More detail...

11:22
2 DIE IN SANDY SOIL LANDSLIP
Two people died in Ingushetia (the North Caucasus) as a result of a landslip of sandy ground, reported the press-service of the North Caucasian regional centre of the Russian Emergencies Ministry on Thursday. More detail...

11:16
DIVERS COMPLETE EXAMINATION OF CUTTING CONTOUR OF THE KURSK FIRST COMPARTMENT
The divers from the Mayo vessel have completed the examination of the cutting contour of the Kursk first compartment, Igor Dygalo, Aide to the Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief, was quoted as saying. More detail...

10:56
CAR EXPLODES IN STAVROPOL
A powerful explosion occurred in the centre of Stavropol (the Stavropol Territory, North Caucasus). An Audi car exploded leaving one person dead. No other casualties were reported. More detail...

10:16
SEARCH FOR 7 RUSSIAN BORDER GUARDS, CARRIED AWAY TO BERING SEA, CONTINUES
Seven Russian border guards carried away on two rafts to the Bering sea on August 24, are being searched for in the Commander Islands' coastal waters. More detail...

15:43
INVESTIGATION INTO OIL PIPELINE EXPLOSION TO BE LAUNCHED ON TERRORISM CHARGES
Investigation into the explosion of the oil pipeline in Dagestan has been launched on terrorism charges. According to the North Caucasian department of the Interior Ministry, the investigation team is currently defining the type and power of the explosive device. More detail...

15:05
RUSSIA IS DISSATISFIED WITH ACTIONS OF NORWEGIAN SIDE AT THE SITE WHERE THE KURSK SUBMARINE SANK
The special force expedition has discovered an unauthorized Norwegian buoy near the area of the operation to lift the nuclear-powered submarine Kursk, said Igor Dygalo, aide to the Commander-in-chief of the fleet, reported on Wednesday. More detail...

11:32
BLAST ON OIL PIPELINE IN DAGHESTAN MAY BE RESULT OF ACT OF TERRORISM
The law-enforcement bodies do not exclude that the explosion at the oil pipeline in Daghestan may have been the result of an act of terrorism. In any case, this version is being studied by experts and the prosecutor's office, reports RIA Novosti. More detail...

20:29
IRAQ THREATENS USA. ANOTHER AMERICAN PLANE SHOT DOWN
Pentagon confirmed the information from the Iraqi news agency about another USA aircraft shot down by Iraq. The plane referred to the class of unmanned Predator reconnaissance aircrafts More detail...

19:42
TWO TOURISTS DROWN IN TUVA MOUNTAIN RIVER WHEN SAILING ON CATAMARANS
The sailing in catamarans down a mountain river in the East Siberian Republic of Tuva ended tragically for a group of Moscow tourists when two of its members drowned, reported the duty officer of the Siberian Emergencies Ministry Centre on Tuesday. More detail...

17:47
TWO PONTOONS TO SHIP KURSK TO DRY DOCK COMPLETED
The last of the two pontoons to be used at the last stage of the operation to raise the nuclear submarine Kursk has been constructed in Severodvinsk, northern Russia. The two pontoons will deliver the sub to a dry dock. More detail...

16:45
DEEP WATER DIVERS COMPLETE CUTTING OF TECHNOLOGICAL HOLES IN KURSK
Deep water divers have cut all 26 technological holes in the Kursk hull needed for the salvage effort, on Tuesday afternoon, Admiral Viktor Kravchenko, Chief of General Staff of the Russian Navy, was quoted as saying. More detail...

10:47
2-YEAR-OLD BOY SWALLOWS LIGHT BULB AND THEN SMILES TO DOCTORS
An extremely rare occurrence has taken place in the city of Rybinsk, the Yaroslavl Region, some 400km north of Moscow. A 2-year-old boy, who was admitted to hospital, managed to swallow an electric bulb shortly before that. More detail...

03:18
EMIRATES HAVE NOT DETAINED RUSSIAN TANKER, SAYS CONSUL
The Russian consulate in Dubai refuted Russian media reports of the tanker Aghinskoye detained in the United Arab Emirates' territorial waters and tugged to port. More detail...

01:48
GIANT 4 LEAVES AMSTERDAM TOMORROW FOR KURSK WRECK SITE
The pontoon barge Giant 4 is leaving for the Barents Sea tomorrow to lift the wrecked Russian nuclear submarine Kursk from the sea floor. More detail...

01:25
UKRAINIAN IMMIGRANTS UNCOOPERATIVE AS COPS HUNT FAMILY KILLER
The ethnic Ukrainian community remains extremely uncooperative as Nikolai Soltys is being tracked down after he stabbed dead his family of six, say exasperated police officers of Sacramento, who assume that his compatriots are hiding the beastly murderer in the city. More detail...

00:26
CHECHNYA: DOWNTOWN PASSENGER BUS SHOT AT
A passenger bus was shot at in a private neighbourhood in the Chechen capital's centre this afternoon. The attackers have not been identified. More detail...

16:30
WEATHER FAVOURS THE KURSK SALVAGE
The Hydrometeorological center forecasts the weather will favour the Kursk salvage till late August. The wind speed will not top 5-10 meters a second over the Barents sea till late August, its direction is forecasted to change from north-eastern to south-eastern. The waves are expected to be 0.5-1 meter high. On September 1 the wind may grow stronger - to 7-12 meters a second, but the waves' height will remain at the same level, the Hydrometeorological center noted. More detail...

11:39
GOVERNOR AMAN TULEYEV PERSUADES TERRORIST TO RELEASE HOSTAGES AND SURRENDER TO AUTHORITIES
Aman Tuleyev, the Governor of the Kemerovo region, Siberia, has personally persuaded an armed terrorist to surrender to authorities, reported an officer on duty at the Krasnoyarsk-based Siberian Emergencies Center. More detail...