Four people died in a Mi-8 helicopter crash at Ugolniye Kopi airport in Russia’s Chukotka, a source in the Chukotka Autonomous Region government told TASS.
"Four people died. The preliminary reason for the crash is a technical malfunction," the source said.
A source in the Ministry of Defense also said that...
The mayor of the Russian Arctic city of Norilsk who was charged with negligence last month over a major fuel spill in the region resigned on Monday, the RIA news agency reported.
State investigators opened a criminal case against Norilsk’s mayor, Rinat Akhmetchin, after 21,000 tonnes of diesel leaked from...
A freak snowstorm that has battered parts of the Russian Far East and left 100,000 residents without electricity for several days is linked to climate change, analysts and activists say, The Moscow Times reported.
The storm that hit the Primorye region and its capital of Vladivostok last Thursday brought down...
Russia’s energy ministry said on Monday a stranded container ship blocking Egypt’s Suez Canal has highlighted the safety and sustainability of its Northern Sea Route (NSR) and Russian energy pipelines, Reuters reports.
These “are highly secure and hold competitive positions in terms of transportation costs as well as by reliability...
The President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, according to Turkey's Communications Directorate, Daily Sabah reported.
Per a statement, Erdogan praised Putin for allocating five firefighting planes and three additional helicopters to help Turkey battle wildfires throughout the nation.
According to the...
According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the international community's efforts should be concentrated on environmental initiatives, RIA reports.
"It is critical that the international community focus its efforts solely on supporting the most effective environmental initiatives," he said via videoconference at a G20 summit meeting.
Putin stated that specialists may grade...
The Russian government stated that it had rejected the anti-smoking drive proposed by the Russian Health Ministry as being not specific enough, and not having any clear tasks and objectives. In addition, the statistical data on smoking-related deaths lacked any official confirmation, the government said, according to RBC.
Russian...
Russia’s Arkhangelsk Region will use Norwegian extraction technology in kelp and other algae production, the executive director of the region’s Algae Plant Alexei Korotenkov told state-run news agency TASS on Friday.
"We now collect algae, like it was done centuries ago, by mowing, while the Norwegians use special equipment," Korotenkov said. "We,...
A gas explosion at a factory in Russia on Friday killed six people and injured two more, emergency officials said, according to RIA Novosti.
The explosion occurred in Russia's central Oryol region, causing an engineering production facility under construction to collapse. It wasn't immediately clear what prompted the explosion.
All three...
Russia’s Investigative Committee said on Thursday it was investigating the head of the remote Arctic city of Norilsk for suspected criminal negligence over his handling of a major oil spill in the region, Reuters reported.
In a statement, investigators said the official, Rinat Akhmetchin, had failed to take appropriate measures...
