The accident occurred Wednesday evening near the town of Uzlovaya, about 220 kilometers south of Moscow, Interfax quoted the Emergency Situations Ministry as saying. Both of the drivers died.
In Tajikistan, 26 people were killed and 14 injured when a bus plunged into a mountain ravine, foreign ministry officials said Wednesday. The bus crashed Sunday when its steering failed, but the incident was not officially announced until the upper house of parliament expressed condolences to the victims and the bereaved Wednesday.
"The driver lost control on a sharp bend," said a foreign ministry official.
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