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Articles with tag "Regions"

Regions Calling: Kremlin Clamps Down on Communists Ahead of State Duma Elections

Communist Party members in the Altai region are under increasing pressure ahead of the State Duma elections. Experts say that's by design.

Bashkortostan’s Culture Minister Arrested on Bribery and Fraud Charges

Bashkortostan Culture Minister Amina Shafikova was arrested earlier this week on suspicion of corruption.
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Russian Teachers in 10 Regions Face Partial Payment Delays Amid Budget Strain

A teachers' union said it has appealed to the Prosecutor General’s Office with a request for inspections into labor law violations.
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Teenager Arrested in Perm Region After Seriously Injuring Classmate in Knife Attack

The attack, which marks at least the sixth such incident in Russia since the start of the year, reportedly happened following a conflict between the two...
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Police Arrest Chelyabinsk Deputy Governor Accused of Accepting Bribes

Deputy Governor Andrei Faleychik is alleged to have accepted a large bribe in exchange for transferring the ownership of a publicly owned children’s...
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Shooting at Technical College in Krasnodar Region Leaves 1 Dead

Authorities said a security guard was shot and killed as he tried to stop a gunman from entering the Anapa Technical College.
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Kadyrov Calls Reports of Son’s Carcrash ‘Fake’

Exiled media and Chechen opposition groups reported that Adam Kadyrov was involved in a “massive fatal car crash” in Grozny last month.
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Magnitude 5.3 Earthquake Rattles Krasnodar Region

Videos shared on social media showed violent tremors rattling buildings and furniture inside.
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Regions Calling: The Human Cost of the Coal Industry Crisis

A series of unfortunate events in the Kuzbass highlights what analysts say is a deepening socio-economic crisis exacerbated by the war in Ukraine.
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Russian Government Allocates Nearly $17M for Displaced Kursk Residents Following Protests

In December, displaced residents protested the Kursk regional government’s decision to end monthly compensation payments for those whose homes were...
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Police Raids Target Russian Communist Party Members in Altai Region

Party officials denounced the arrests of at least two of its members as political pressure ahead of elections later this year.
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Krasnoyarsk Police Arrest Teenager Who Set Fire to School Classroom and Attacked Students

It was the second attack at a school in the Siberian region in just as many days.
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Krasnoyarsk Becomes Latest Region to Limit Alcohol Sales

Authorities in Krasnoyarsk said alcohol sales in residential areas will soon be limited to between 10 a.m. and 9 p.m.
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Police in Bashkortostan Arrest Teenager Who Shot Teacher and Classmates With Airsoft Gun

Regional authorities said no one was injured in the incident on Tuesday morning.
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Police Arrest Man Suspected of Kidnapping and Murdering Boy in St. Petersburg

Volunteer search and rescue teams found the missing boy’s body in a frozen pond in the Leningrad region on Tuesday morning.
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‘Crunching Ice Under My Feet’: In Russia’s Sakha, a Still-Unbuilt Bridge Is a Matter of Life and Death

Unmet promises for a bridge over the Lena River have left many in Yakutsk effectively cut off from the rest of Russia for much of the year.
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Sauna Owner in Kemerovo Region Placed in Pre-Trial Detention After Fire Kills 5 Teenagers

This is the third deadly scandal to rock the Siberian region in less than a month.
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Polish Endurance Cyclist Dies While Trying to Reach Russia’s Coldest Inhabited Settlement

Adam Borejko was in the middle of a nearly month-long journey from the city of Yakutsk to the village of Oymyakon in the Arctic Circle.
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Utility Failures Plagued Russia During January Cold Snap – Report

Novaya Gazeta Europe counted 1,788 reports of disruptions nationwide in January compared with 983 in the same month a year earlier.
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Head of Mental Health Facility in Kemerovo Region Placed on Leave After 9 Patients Die

Dozens of patients were hospitalized after the outbreak of a viral infection at a mental health hospital in the city of Prokopyevsk.
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