Environment/Science
Several regions in Russia's Far East were on tsunami alert on Monday after a series of powerful earthquakes rocked the central part of Japan, generating waves as high as five metres in some areas. more
Surviving in minus 62 degree Celsius- the world's coldest city in Russia
Yakutsk: Mercury dropped to minus 62 degrees Celsius during an abnormally cold snap in Russia's Yakutsk, the coldest city in the world.
Russia extinguished 39 forest fires in past 24 hours - Aerial Protection Service
Moscow/Sputnik: Russia has neutralized 39 natural fires in the last 24 hours, according to a statement by the Aerial Forest Protection Service.
Magnitude 7.6 quake occurs 300 miles from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky: Russian Seismologists
Vladivostok/Sputnik: A magnitude 7.6 earthquake occurred some 500 kilometers (300 miles) from the Russian Far Eastern city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the Kamchatka office of the Geophys ...
7.0m quake hits Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula; Tsunami alert issued
Moscow, July 18 (JEN): A powerful quake of magnitude 7 on the Richter Scale shook Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on Tuesday, forcing the authorities to issue a Tsunami alert, local Tass news a ...
