Victims
Isa Yamadaev states that his brother Sulim is buried in Dubai
The former commander of the 'Vostok' battalion, Sulim Yamadaev, a Hero of Russia, was buried today in Dubai, where his family lives and wanted him to be buried, reports Gazeta.ru After the attempt to kill him in March last year, Sulim was in coma. This Monday the family decided to turn off his life-support equipment. His relatives are receiving condolences.President Medvedev will have a meeting in Dagestan, concerning the republic's development
President Dmitri Medvedev will hold a meeting concerning the social-economic development of Dagestan on Wednesday, RIA Novosti reports.A new social-economic development strategy is being worked out, and Dagestani projects will be included in this strategy.Ramadan starts with helping victims of fire in Russia
Today, the 11th of August, marks the start of?the Muslim month of fast and prayer, RIA Novosti reports.Ramadan is one of the 5 crucial events for a Muslim. Fasting during Ramadan is obligatory for all Muslims, helping to strengthen faith and self-discipline. From dawn to dust they do not eat food, try not to swear and keep their soul away from bad thoughts.Death toll in Stavropol bombing rises to 8
The death toll in a terrorist attack in south Russia's Stavropol onMay 26 has risen to 8, RIA Novosti reported on Tuesday, citing anemergencies official.More than 40 people were also injured when a bomb went off outside aconcert hall ahead of a performance by a Chechen group.The latest victim, a 17-year-old boy, suffered severe injuries in the attack.Families of Stavropol terrorist act to receive $36,000 compensation
The families of people who died as a result of a terrorist act inStavropol will receive 1.1mln roubles (around $36,000) compensationand assistance in organizing funerals. Those who were badly andslightly injured will receive 450,000 and 215, 000 roubles incompensation, reports Interfax.As a result of the 26 May blast 7 people were killed and some 40 hospitalized.Number of Russian victims in the Turkish tourist accident rises to 14
The Russian consulate in Antalya confirmed the death in hospital of a Russian female tourist from the bus accident of this Tuesday, the Russian consul in Antalya Mirdjalol Khusanov told Interfax.The total number of dead reached 16, including two Turkish citizens.Russian tourists injured in Turkey will be placed in 5 Moscow clinics
The 22 Russians injured in Turkey will be placed in five Moscowclinics, RIA Novosti reports, citing the press-service of the RussianMinistry of Healthcare and Social Development.A bus with Russian tourists fell down a 15m high bridge over the RiverAksu in Turkey on Tuesday. In addition to the 39 Russian touriststhere were two Turkish citizens – a driver and a guide. 15 people diedin the accident, including 13 Russians, with 26 injured.Turkish bus driver with Russian tourists had heart failure
According to preliminary information, the crash of the tourist bus inTurkey in which 17 people died was a result of the driver’s heartfailure, the official website of Pegas-Touristic (the organizer of thetour) stated, RIA Novosti reports.The bus of Pegas-Touristic was going from Alanya to the tourist centerof Pamukkale on Tuesday. The bus fell off the 15 meter bridge over theAksu River. There were 39 passengers.Explosion in Yessentuki: suicide or carelessness
An elderly man killed himself today in Yessentuki, having exploded a grenade in his own home, where the grenade had been kept, Interfax reports. It is not yet clear if he did it on purpose or the grenade exploded by accident, but the investigation inclines to the first version.Thunder kills two people in Armenia
Thunder in Armenia killed two people. According to rescue service of Armenian Emergency Ministry the victims were a 14 year old teenager and a 38 year old man, Armenia Today reports.Both cases took place in Gegarkunin region on May 13th. The body of Suren Gabrielian, born 1996, was found on the mountain near Artanish village.On the same day the rescue team of Gavar found Echmiadzin Suren Saakian, born 1972, in the swamp locality, near the monastery of Ayravank on Gavar-Sevan highway.Azeri national among injured in Derbent explosion
Three policemen and five civilians were injured by an explosion in thecity of Derbent, one woman passed away in hospital, RIA NOVOSTI reports, quoting a source in the law-enforcement agencies of the republic. Trend reports that 49 year-old Fikret Shirinbala oglu Mamedov from the Khachmaz district of Azerbaijan was among the injured, with a shrapnel wound to the left knee, and has been hospitalized in Derbent.Over 20 injured in train collision in Turkey
More than 20 people were injured when two passenger trains collided onThursday evening in the Turkish province of Kodjaeli, 80 km fromIstanbul, local media report.According to the Khaber Tiurk TV channel, the trains collided after atrain from Istanbul went off the rail. Several train cars turned over.All the injured were hospitalized and some have severe injuries, RIANovosti reports.Russian tourist dies in Iranian rafting accident
A Russian tourist died during a rafting accident near the westernIranian city city of Eluguderz.Another person was badly injured, Vesti.ru reports.Explosion in the Georgian port of Poti
An employee of the company JS, Tariel Zarandia, died in an explosion of an oxygen tank at the sixth mooring in the port of Poti on Wednesday, News Georgia reports citing Imedi television company.Compensation to be paid to Nalchik terrorist act victims - Putin
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has ordered compensation payments for people injured in Saturday's explosion in Kabardino-Balkaria, RIA Novosti said on Monday, quoting a government spokesperson. An explosive device went off at a racetrack in the capital of the North Caucasus republic of Nalchik on Saturday afternoon, injuring some 30 people. One of the people wounded, a 104-year-old World War II veteran, died later in hospital.Front-line Azerbaijan villages flooded
Over a hundred houses in Azerbaijan's Mamirli Tertersk region, whererefugees from occupied regions live, were flooded after heavy rains,1news.az reports.Emergencies Ministry workers of the Tertersk and Agdamsk regions arepumping out water.The Committee on refugee issues and migrants promised that thegovernment will compensate the damage.
