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Articles with tag "Chelyabinsk"

Security Forces Raid Russia's Third-Largest Gold Producer Over Environmental, Safety Violations

FSB agents also reportedly searched the office of Konstantin Strukov, the company’s billionaire owner and president.

Russia’s Top Ferroalloy Producer to Cut Workweek Amid Metallurgy Crisis

The Chelyabinsk Electrometallurgical Plant said it has been forced to launch an “anti-crisis program.”
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Chelyabinsk Teenager Jailed Nearly 10 Years for Murder That Sparked Anti-Roma Riots

Yegor Yurchenko, who is deaf and nonverbal, was arrested in October on suspicion of killing 40-year-old taxi driver Yelena Sarafanova.
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As Russia’s Regions Battle Floods, Local Officials Hide Real Damage and Pray to God

As peak flooding season hits regions across the Urals and Siberia, regional officials appear ill-prepared to manage such disasters.
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Warm Temperatures Bring Ice Melt and Flooding to Russia’s Chelyabinsk Region

Rescuers evacuated 70 residents, including 20 children, in the city of Asha, around 260 kilometers from the Kazakh border.
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Executive at Russian Pasta Maker Makfa Arrested on Bribery Charges – Reports

The Russian government seized Makfa Group’s assets last year as part of what has been described as the Kremlin’s expanding nationalization campaign...
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Russian Police Target Romani Community in Fresh Raids, Seizing Weapons and Issuing Draft Notices

A Romani diaspora organization slammed the ongoing police raids, describing the crackdown as collective punishment against Roma.
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Chelyabinsk Region Official Resigns After Murder Sparks Ethnic Clashes

Officials in the Korkino district have faced mounting criticism over civil unrest that erupted following a local woman’s murder last week.
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Russian Police Raid Homes of Romani People After Ethnic Tensions Flare in Chelyabinsk Region

Law enforcement agents detained around 20 Roma for “crime prevention talks” after two Romani men reportedly murdered a woman last week.
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Riot Police Clash With Lynch Mob in Russia’s Chelyabinsk Region After Woman’s Murder

Enraged residents gathered outside homes believed to belong to Roma residents after a mother of two was stabbed to death earlier in the week.
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13-Year-Old Student in Russia’s Chelyabinsk Attacks Classmates, Teacher With Hammer

Local media reported that at least two girls, one boy and a teacher were injured in the attack.
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Dam Collapses in Russia's Chelyabinsk Region, Forcing Hundreds to Flee

A dam at the Kialimskoye reservoir was unable to hold back rising waters and broke, unleashing a flood toward nearby villages.
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Russian Police Probe Mass Street Brawl, Shootout in Chelyabinsk

Conflicting reports suggested that the fight may have erupted due to a relationship triangle between a woman, an army soldier and a Wagner mercenary group...
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Moscow Seizes Pasta Maker Makfa in Wartime Nationalization Sweep

The company’s lawyer said he “sees grounds” to challenge the verdict with Russia’s Constitutional Court.
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The Kremlin’s Creeping Nationalizations Hit Chelyabinsk Businesses

These seized assets are likely destined to be transferred to regime loyalists, analysts agreed. 
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Russian Billionaire Antipov Detained After Steel Plants Nationalized

Earlier on Monday, a court ruled to seize three steel production plants owned by billionaire Yury Antipov.
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Drunk Train Driver Causes Rail Collision in Russia

One of the train drivers is thought to have continued past a stop signal, thus causing the incident on Monday night.
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Ukraine Says Destroyed Russian Warplane in Ural Mountains

Video shared by the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine showed an unidentified person setting fire to the Su-34 fighter bomber at night.
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Russian Town Cuts Down Local Resident's Tree for New Year Decoration

Officials in the town of Minyar later apologized for cutting down the spruce, claiming that public records listed the land where the tree grew as “ownerless...
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Russia Hands Jehovah’s Witness Follower 7-Year Jail Term for ‘Extremism’

Russia’s Supreme Court in 2017 declared the religious movement to be “extremist,” banning its estimated 400 branches across the country.
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