Category: Russia

The night of Saturday, January 7, was the most frosty in Moscow since the beginning of winter. About it RIA Novosti reported in the weather center “Phobos”. According to meteorologists, the air in the capital has cooled down to minus 29.9 degrees, and in the field — to minus 33.4 degrees. “Even over the past 120 years the lowest temperature in this Christmas night,” said the center. The record low temperature was set in Moscow in 1891, reports TASS. Then on Christmas night recorded almost minus 34.8 degrees. At this, the warmest day of 7 January was in 2007: maximum temperature reached plus 3.5 degrees. January 6 the capital Glaucus MOE warned of possible abnormal temperatures down to minus 35 degrees in Moscow on the night of 7 and 8 January. The Agency warned that due to low temperatures increasing the risk of fires and accidents on utilities and power

Continued: Investigators began an investigation after the discovery of a corpse in a burned-out hotel A fire in a hotel in the North-East of Moscow is liquidated. On Saturday, January 7, reports of EMERCOM in Moscow. According to rescuers, the fire completely extinguished at 08:45. Its total area of 700 square meters. On-site emergency continues in the rubble and the structures with water. TASS, citing data from medical reports that the fire killed one person, injured nine. Four of them were hospitalized, the remaining aid was provided on site. Information about the fire in the hotel at the Yaroslavl highway came at 06:10. The causes of the fire are established.

Vladimir Putin The President of Russia Vladimir Putin met Christmas in Svyato-Yuriev monastery in Novgorod region. About it reports on Saturday, January 7, RIA Novosti. Svyato-Yuryev monastery is one of the oldest in Russia. According to legend, the monastery at the source of the Volkhov from lake Ilmen laid in 1030 Prince Yaroslav the Wise. In 1119 by order of Prince Vsevolod Mstislavovich in this place there was the first stone of the Cathedral Church. After the solemn Liturgy Putin talked with the local fishermen, with whom he had met in September during the visit to Novgorod oblast, along with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. “I am confident that in the coming year will be better than the one that passed,” he said. Putin asked the fishermen catch in the past year, those admitted that he was less than expected, due to the early ice on the lake. They also thanked

One person was killed and seven were injured in a fire at the hotel in the North-East of Moscow. About it reports on Saturday, January 7, TASS citing a source in law enforcement bodies. According to the Moscow Department of the emergencies Ministry, the information about the fire in the two-storey administrative building, located at the Yaroslavl highway, the house 55, building 1, received at 06:10 GMT. The total area of fire, according to the latest data, reached in 700 metres. The fire was rated the second category of complexity on a scale. On 9 December it became known about one dead as a result of a fire in an apartment house in the South-East of Moscow. The fire occurred at the Ryazan Avenue. It was reported that firefighters managed to rescue six people. The cause of fire could become careless handling of fire.

In Artillery Bay in Sevastopol, the man tried to burn the Russian flag, but were stopped by employees of a private security company. On Friday, January 6, reports RIA Novosti. Unknown shouted threats against the Russian authorities, and security guards called the police. At the scene the guards met with resistance: a man, bursting, continued to insult the government and repeatedly struck one of the guards. “It was a torrent of abuse from a man was a strong smell of alcohol, but drunk to call him was impossible,” — said the Agency a source in law enforcement bodies of the city. He also said that such aggressive behavior, the police faced for the first time in 2.5 years. Crimea and Sevastopol became part of Russia in March 2014 according to the results of the referendum in which an overwhelming majority of voters opted for secession of Crimea from Ukraine. March

About 100 thousand residents of Lyubertsy and Kotelniki left on Friday evening, January 6, without power supply in the accident at the distribution substation. It is reported Agency city news “Moscow” with reference to the press service of the administration of the Lyubertsy district. “The accident occurred at the junction power station, located in Tinkers. About 100 thousand people were left without electricity, which is about 50 per cent of houses”, — reported in administration. There is no energy on Oktyabrsky Avenue, in the neighborhood of 115 district, Garrison, “Bakery”, poselok imeni Kalinina and partly in urban districts of Dzerzhinsky, Lytkarino and Kotelniki. As reports TASS with reference to EMERCOM in Moscow region, at the place of work emergency repair crews of power engineers and operational team Lyubertsy search and rescue of the garrison. According to weather forecasts, in the Metropolitan area on the night of January 7, colder to

Investigators began to work out a version of the fatal poisoning drug in case of the death of four people in Krasnoyarsk. On Friday, January 6, reported on the website of the main Investigation Department of the TFR in the region. “Seized during the inspection of the scene of the alcohol sent for examination, which found that neither methanol nor any other threat to life and human health of the substances it contains,” said the Agency, adding that the investigation continues. At the same time, the regional interior Ministry RIA Novosti news Agency explained that at the moment, investigated the contents of only one bottle out of five removed. The bodies of four people were discovered in one of the hostels of Krasnoyarsk on 5 January. Among the dead is 32-year-old man, his two sisters, aged 23 and 22 years old, and 38-year-old woman. In the investigation Department said that

In Bashkiria the schoolboy was killed after playing with a gas balloon, reported on the website of the Republican Department of the Investigative Committee. On the afternoon of 4 January, two 12-year-old boys bought in the shop in the village of mykhailivka three can of gas and began to play with them in the back room. One student gained gas in my mouth to make a fire show, and lost consciousness. Adults found the injured and was taken to the hospital. Despite their assistance, the child died. In fact the incident started investigation verification. In April, two teenagers in the Chelyabinsk region died in the fire truck. They got into the vehicle to steal it was in the product. One of the teenagers died on the spot, the second died in hospital. Presumably, when one of the young men struck a match, blew a couple of acetone allocated disposable tableware,

Ruslan Shamsuarov In the Internet appeared the video, which shows how a group of young people with toy guns at a high speed travels along Tverskaya street in Central Moscow and “shells”. Recording, in particular, published in the REN TV channel. According to “Moskovsky Komsomolets”, the video was shot on the night of 6 January from the passenger seat. The conversations in the background always accompanied by laughter and obscene curses. According to some, one of the participants racing with the shooting was the son of the Vice-President of “LUKOIL” Ruslan Shamsuarov, which last year became a defendant in high-profile cases about race for Mercedes-Benz Gelandewagen. In Instagram of a young man published photos of toy guns, lying in the car. In October Shamsuarov was sentenced to 300 hours of obligatory works. The court found him guilty of insulting police officers, but acquitted on article about the threat of violence

In Moscow on the night of Friday, January 6, was the coldest since the beginning of winter. According to the hydrometeorological centre of Russia, the thermometer dropped to minus 24.7 degrees. In a number of areas of Moscow region the temperature was even lower. For example, in Dmitrov it was 28.8 degrees, reports “Interfax”. Forecasters predict that the cold in the capital region in the near future will increase. At night the temperature can reach minus 30 degrees or fall below this mark. The day before, January 5, Main Department of EMERCOM of Russia in the capital has distributed emergency warning about a sharp cold snap and, as a consequence, the ice on the roads. In this regard, the rescuers recommend to drivers to observe the speed limit and distance on the roads, reports TASS. The previous low this winter was recorded on December 16. Then the temperature was 18.9