A series of earthquakes measuring from 5,5 to 6,9 on the Richter scale rocked Russia’s far-eastern Kamchatka peninsula early on Sunday, hitting the same spot where powerful tremors left hundreds of people without shelter last week, the Kamchatka seismological service said.
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/ 16 January 2006
A fire broke out in an office building in the Russian Pacific coast city of Vladivostok on Monday, killing nine people and injuring at least 15 others as trapped victims jumped from windows to escape the smoke and flames. Officials said that some stairwells in the building were blocked by gates, hampering rescue efforts.
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/ 20 December 2005
A toxic slick floating down a river from China for more than a month was due to reach the Russian city of Khabarovsk within hours and experts were making last-minute preparations to deal with the poison. Khabarovsk residents have been stocking up on drinking water and making other arrangements for weeks and the city was calm as the benzene slick floated to within around 15km of the city limits.
A Russian mini-submarine with seven sailors aboard got caught on a fishing net and is stuck on the sea floor off Russia’s Pacific Coast, navy officials said on Friday. Navy authorities have scrambled to try to figure out how to raise the vessel from a depth of about 190m amid conflicting statements on how long the air supply will last.
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/ 18 November 2004
Young Russians are reluctant to be weaned off cigarettes, and a drive to persuade them hand over their packets of fags in return for sweets on Thursday fell flat, organisers admitted. Militants of the youth section of the pro-Kremlin United Russia armed themselves with sweets that they hoped to exchange for 3 000 packets of cigarettes.
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/ 18 September 2003
One of the world’s most aggressive volcanoes has stepped up its eruptions in Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka peninsula. Volcanic bombs flew as far as 7km away from the irate Karymsky volcano, which had fired 6km plumes of ash and debris into the air.
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/ 25 December 2002
Even if it took over 73 years to power up the world’s longest railway, the Trans-Siberian is now fully electrified, officials said on Wednesday.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il early on Tuesday launched his unofficial visit to Russia’s Pacific far east, where he may hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin later this week.