Category: Events

In Krasnoyarsk lit up the nursing home KRASNOYARSK, August 28 — RIA Novosti. Private nursing home is burning in Krasnoyarsk, the hotel evacuated, according to the management of emergencies in the region. “This afternoon there was a fire in a nursing home in Aviation street of the regional center. The fire went fire-rescue teams who upon arrival said that there is a fire in a three-storey building is evacuated. Fighting trunks, declared the rank of fire No. 2”, — stated in the message. The Ministry reported that the boarding house for the elderly applies to private organizations. On the number of evacuees have not yet been reported. The fire only brought in 18 units and 55, from the Ministry of emergencies 14 pieces of equipment and 45 people.

Police investigating the incident with the washing green paint two girls in Khabarovsk KHABAROVSK, August 28 — RIA Novosti. Preliminary examination launched by the police after appearing in Internet video, which the Khabarovsk taxi driver forcing the two girls to wash the green face, told RIA Novosti on Monday the representative of the Ministry of internal Affairs of the Russian Federation in the Khabarovsk region. On posted online shows a man at a taxi pours green paint in the palm of the girl and makes her wash, the second girl’s face is already smeared with green paint. Beside the car stands another man, and another man filming the scene on video. Men laugh and joke that the girls will get on YouTube. One of them notices that the girls need to Vyazemsk (a small town two hours drive from Khabarovsk), and they “travel without money”. The girl forced on camera

The court will solve a question on prolongation of arrest of the former mayor of Vladivostok Pushkarev MOSCOW, August 28 — RIA Novosti. The Moscow city court on Monday will consider the petition of a consequence about prolongation of term of arrest of ex-mayor of Vladivostok Igor Pushkarev, accused of massive corruption schemes, told RIA Novosti press-service of the court. “The court will consider the investigator’s petition to extend Pushkarev period of detention,” — said the press service. The consequence accuses eks-the head of Vladivostok in the theft of 160 million rubles. 75 million rubles. According to investigators, in the period from 2009 to 2016 Pushkarev has ensured the purchase of building materials subordinated to the city administration MUPV “Roads of Vladivostok” in controlled by his close relatives of the firms included in the group of companies “Vostoktsement”. Investigators believed, “Roads of Vladivostok” acquired the materials only from companies “Vostokcement”

The Consulate General of Russia in Houston was in the flood zone WASHINGTON, Aug 27 — RIA Novosti, Tatyana Kalmykova. The building that houses the Consulate General of Russia in Houston, was in the area of flooding and access to it yet, told RIA Novosti the Russian Consul General in Houston Alexander Pisarev. “We have a building of Consulate General, we rent a room in an office building in Houston. There flooded the area around this building, it was in the flooded area. We have warned the fellow who signed up for tomorrow at the reception, that reception will not be tomorrow. It is obvious that this situation (tomorrow) will not be corrected”, — said the Agency interlocutor. Tropical storm “Harvey” has led to catastrophic flooding in one of the largest cities in the U.S. state of Texas Houston on Sunday, reports the national weather service (NWS). This is a

On Houston because of the hurricane struck, devastating floods WASHINGTON, Aug 27 — RIA Novosti, Tatyana Kalmykova. Tropical storm “Harvey” has led to catastrophic flooding in one of the largest cities in the U.S. state of Texas Houston on Sunday, reports the national weather service (NWS). “Tropical storm “Harvey” will be at the Southeast Texas until the middle of next week. This slow movement will lead to heavy rains in this area,” reports the NWS. Precipitation will range from 50 to 100 cm, said the weather service. This, according to forecasts, “destructive floods”. As stated by the mayor of Houston, Sylvester Turner at the press conference, received more than 2 thousand calls of people who have requested assistance due to the floods. Two of the residential complex were also evacuated. According to the newspaper Dallas News, about 70 thousand people living in Houston were without electricity. On Saturday around Texas