The latest: Russian Rescuers Rule Out Terrorism in Plane Crash

22.08.2006
Russian Rescuers Rule Out Terrorism in Plane Crash
A thunderstorm rather than terrorism is thought to have caused a Russian airliner with 171 people on board to crash over Ukraine Tuesday, a spokesperson for the Russian emergencies services said.

22.08.2006
Russian Plane With 170 on Board Crashes in Ukraine
A Tu-154 passenger plane of Russian Pulkovo Airlines crashed in Ukraine on Tuesday. According to initial reports, the plane was carrying 160 passengers and 10 crew.

22.08.2006
3 Suspects in Moscow Market Bombing Confess
Three suspects detained over a bomb attack on a Moscow that killed 10 and injured 49 have confessed, prosecutor Yury Syomin said Tuesday.

22.08.2006
Oil Tanker With 19 Russians on Board Held Off Guinea Coast
A Russian oil tanker has been seized by unknown gunmen off Guinea coast, a source in Russia’s far eastern Primorskoye shipping company reported. Later it transpired that the Russian vessel was detained for violating navigation regulations. The captain of the Russian vessel denies any wrongdoing.

22.08.2006
Swindlers Take $60,000 For Downloading Air Photos of the City From Internet
Ukrainian swindlers have taken $60,000 for downloading Simpheropol’s photos from the Internet instead of taking air photographs of the city. Authorities have opened a lawsuit against the “false-photographers”, claiming they have defalcated budget money.

22.08.2006
Racial Hatred Seen Behind Market Bombing That Killed 10
10 people, with five Chinese nationals and one Vietnamese among the victims, were killed in an attack on a Moscow market Monday, Russian officials said on Tuesday. Prosecutors said the two young suspects held shortly after the explosions could belong to a militant racist group.

22.08.2006
Man Barbecues Neighbor’s Dog, Gets 2.5 Years
A man from the Urals region of Russia has been sentenced to 2.5 years behind bars for killing his neighbor’s dog and making a barbecue from it.

22.08.2006
German Nazi Bullet Exits from Veteran’s Head 63 Years On
A bullet from a German Nazi gun that stuck into a Russian soldier’s skull in a WW II fight has come out — 63 years later.

22.08.2006
Iran Delegation Visits Russia for Nuclear Energy Training
A delegation from Iran’s nuclear energy organization is expected to visit Russia as part of the nuclear cooperation between the two countries.

22.08.2006
Russia-Ukraine Rocket Puts South Korean Satellite Into Orbit
The South Korean satellite Koreasat-5 has been put into the target geostationary orbit, Mission Control near Moscow told Interfax.

22.08.2006
U.S. Senator Urges Russian Peacekeepers’ Withdrawal From Georgian Breakaway Republics
The U.S. administration supports the Georgian government’s insistence on the withdrawal of Russian peacekeepers from the conflict zones in Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali district, U.S. Senator Richard Lugar has said.

22.08.2006
Terrorists Target Gas Plant Near Chechnya
A terrorist attack has occurred at a gas-refining plant in the Russian republic of Ingushetia, which borders Chechnya. Two blasts caused no casualties but the hardware was heavily damaged.

22.08.2006
Russian Refuses World’s Top Mathematicians’ Prize
Russian scientist Grigory Perelman has refused to take the Fields medal, the top prize for world mathematicians, which is equated to the Nobel Prize in its importance.

22.08.2006
Belarus Releases 2 Election Activists of U.S.-Financed Organization
Two members of a Belarussian election-monitoring group have been released after spending six months in jail on charges of working for an unregistered U.S.- financed organization.

22.08.2006
Ukrainian Peacekeeper Charged with Smuggling Cash from Iraq
The Prosecutor-General’s Office of Ukraine has referred to Ukraine’s southern region military court of appeals a money-smuggling case involving a commander of the Ukrainian contingent in Iraq, Sergei Savchenko.

22.08.2006
Russia Declares War on NHL Over Malkin’s Defection
Russia has declared an all-out war on the NHL, accusing the North Americans of stealing its best players. One of those is Evgeni Malkin, the Pittsburgh Penguins’ No. 1 pick in 2004, considered the best player in the world outside the NHL. Earlier this month he secretly left his Russian club and resurfaced in the U.S.