Dozens of animals suffocate when an electrical fire fills a pet store with smoke. Dozens of animals suffocated when an electrical fire filled a pet store with smoke on Sunday afternoon in the west Siberian city of Novokuznetsk. The flames tore through a cash register, wooden shelves and plastic panels, spreading toxic smoke...

... incident. The fire was in a basement at the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics in southwestern Moscow, said Sergei Vlasov, spokesman for the Moscow branch of the Emergency Situations Ministry. He said no casualties were reported. Gray smoke rose above the institute, which is encircled by a wall, and an acrid smell filled the air. Some 30 emergency vehicles, including fire trucks and ambulances, stood inside and outside the main gate, witnesses said. Sergei Novikov, spokesman for nuclear...

... too warm to discharge into the nearby Kander River. To get its black caviar, the Tropenhaus farm anesthetizes the sturgeon, as is required by Swiss animal rights law, before killing it. The roe is then collected by hand and salted. The fish filets are smoked and served in the adjacent restaurant. "Brands are the future and will help consumers to differentiate between the various qualities," said Alexander Zwyer, CEO of a Teufen, Switzerland-based family-run firm that sells Uruguayan caviar...

... “This is not a hotel, this is not a holiday resort, they should serve their time,” he said. Prisoners said the raids were an attempt by Zhusupbekov to brutally assert his authority. “We were just decorating our cell when they threw in a smoke grenade and then they beat us all,” said Ulan Sheraliyev, who is awaiting trial on charges of robbery. “And so we are starving and demanding that this not happen again and that the perpetrator be punished.” For years, underfunded...

... protests through its dissident songs and unsanctioned performances, including a brief unauthorized concert in late January on Red Square. The group performed a newly penned anti-Kremlin song called “Putin Got Scared,” complete with colored smoke bombs and a purple feminist flag. The performers were arrested and held for about five hours in a police precinct. Two members were fined 500 rubles ($17) each, and all of them were charged with holding an unauthorized rally. “Red Square is...

... (46 Prospekt Revolyutsii; +7 473-290-3904; prospekt-club.ru ), located on the main drag, is a club where you can dance to old disco music and new hipster tunes and cozy restaurant popular among the local VIPs. It has a "Chill Out" hall to smoke hookah. If you are looking for a quieter atmosphere to take your business partners, try the Kosmos nightclub (13 Pushkinskaya Ulitsa; +7 473-235-6060; kosmosclub.ru ), which combines a nightclub, restaurant and conference hall. The Voronezh Opera...