Alexei Navalny: Russian doctors let Putin critic fly to Berlin for medical treatment
His family and supporters believe he was poisoned.
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His family and supporters believe he was poisoned.
Some 1.15 million hectares of forest have been burnt.
Temperatures soared to 10 degrees Celsius above average in Siberia last month.
Authorities report that it is the third such incident in the area this week.
The defence ministry said his actions “could be the result of a nervous breakdown”.
The helicopter was operated by Russian national airline Utair.
Demonstrations have taken place across Russia after the shopping centre fire in Kemerovo.
The fire at the Winter Cherry shopping centre in Kemerovo was extinguished yesterday morning after burning through the night.
“People started running around, it was just awful. There were a lot of children, children without parents,” one witness said.
At least 42 people have died because of weather conditions in Europe since Friday.
A Kremlin spokesperson said Putin went rafting in mountain rivers, fished in a waterfall near a mountain lake and went hiking on the holiday.
Such products, which are not intended for drinking, are often sold to impoverished alcoholics.
A state of emergency was imposed in July over the anthrax outbreak, which has claimed the life of a 12-year-old boy.
Tserin was wearing shoes – but no coat – when he wandered into the taiga, the snow forest which covers much of Russia and circles the globe.
Lake Burlinskoye turns a bright pink colour in hot temperatures due to an overload of tiny shrimp.
When the first 100 foot hole was spotted two years ago, everyone was baffled.
The Westerners hit a major visa hiccup in Moscow.
They’re due to play Brive in the Challenge Cup on Saturday.
Temperatures were below -20ºC in Krasnoyarsk as they overcame Enisei-STM in the Challenge Cup.
Job done for Pat Lam’s men in Krasnoyarsk.
From Leaving Certificate students to George Clooney, here are the most striking photographs from 2014.
Welcome to the Arctic Circle.
Sure, that will make her add you back.
Everything’s gone up in smoke.
Kalashnikov designed a weapon that became synonymous with killing on a sometimes indiscriminate scale
The whereabouts of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, jailed two years ago for her part in the performance of a protest song, had been unknown since October 22nd.
The young man was afraid he would not survive the winter without his missing parents.
The doctor was high on drugs when he was arrested.
Something to bear in mind the next time you find yourself on a circus tour abandoned in wintry Russia.
A 10,000-year-old mammoth found in Siberia could shed new light on ancient human behaviour, say scientists.
Eleven survivors were hospitalised with burns after the accident in Siberia.
The Russian Federal Space Agency has denied ownership of the object – saying it is neither a rocket nor a spacecraft.
A fire broke out on the nuclear-powered vessel in Siberia this morning, killing two crew and injuring a third.
Astronomers say the asteroid will pass Earth safely this evening – but here’s a worst-case scenario guide to what would happen if it didn’t.
Scientists say they are “95 per cent” certain they have found evidence of the fabled Abominable Snowman in Siberia.
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