Archive for December, 2011
Posted on December 31, 2011 - by Venik
Welcome to 2012
Happy New Year from Chris Riddell Chris Riddell Original article Share on bebo Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share via MySpace share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post
Posted on December 30, 2011 - by Venik
Russian region where submarine caught fire is world’s atomic dustbin
The bleak area around Murmansk is a dumping ground for nuclear waste, some of it leaking and dangerous The desolate region around Murmansk where the Russian submarine Yekaterinburg caught fire contains the biggest concentration of old nuclear reactors in the world and, since the cold war ended, has become the world’s atomic dustbin. When I [...]
Posted on December 30, 2011 - by Venik
Russian nuclear submarine blaze injures nine after crew remain inside
President orders inquiry into fire on board submarine docked in Arctic but officials play down any fears of radiation leak The Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, has ordered an investigation after a nuclear submarine caught fire during repairs in the Arctic, causing injuries to at least nine people. The blaze, believed to have been started by [...]
Posted on December 30, 2011 - by Venik
Fire put out on Russian nuclear submarine
Seven crew sent to hospital while others remained on the Yekaterinburg in Arctic shipyard during blaze A massive fire was put out on a docked Russian nuclear submarine outside the north-western city of Murmansk as some crew members remained inside, officials said. Military prosecutors have launched an investigation into whether safety regulations were breached, and [...]
Posted on December 30, 2011 - by Venik
Russian nuclear submarine engulfed by fire with crew inside
Seven crew have been sent to hospital while others remain on the Yekaterinburg as firefighters struggle to put out a blaze The Russian military says an unspecified number of the crew of a burning nuclear submarine remain inside the vessel and seven others have been sent to hospitals after inhaling toxic fumes. The defence ministry [...]
Posted on December 30, 2011 - by Venik
Fire breaks out on nuclear submarine in Russia – video
A fire has broken out aboard a Russian nuclear submarine during repair work at a shipyard, but emergency officials have said radiation levels are normal Original article Share on bebo Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share via MySpace share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about [...]
Posted on December 29, 2011 - by Venik
Moscow protest for jailed activist passes off peacefully
Hundreds of protesters gather in Pushkin Square to demonstrate against detention of leftist opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov A protest gathering in central Moscow passed off peacefully and with lower-than-expected numbers, a sign that political passions are perhaps cooling as Russia approaches its 10-day new year holiday. More than 2,000 people had expressed an intention in [...]
Posted on December 29, 2011 - by Venik
Russians to protest in support of jailed opposition leader
Thousands to attend public meeting after Russian government bans protest in support of Sergei Udaltsov Members of Russia’s opposition are to gather in protest over the jailing of one of their leaders, in a test of whether the government will tolerate further dissent or resort to a violent crackdown. More than 2,000 people have expressed [...]
Posted on December 29, 2011 - by Venik
From the archive, 29 December 2011: ‘I would kill Rasputin again’
Originally published in the Guardian on 29 December 1966 Fifty years ago tonight Gregori Efimovitch Rasputin was done to death in St Petersburg, by a handsome young Oxford graduate, Prince Felix Yussupoff. At the Epinal Studios the French director Robert Hossein is making the first film version of the story that has been authorised by [...]
Posted on December 29, 2011 - by Venik
Russian newspaper ‘being persecuted’
A Russian newspaper editor who claims his paper is being persecuted has appealed to international press freedom watchdogs for help. Vitaly Shapran, editor of the Gorodskoi Vestnik, the only opposition paper published in Berdsk, Novosibirsk, wrote of pressure being exerted by the authorities. In a letter to the Centre for journalism in extreme situations (CJES), [...]
Posted on December 28, 2011 - by Venik
Vladimir Putin ready to talk to Russian opposition groups as a bloc
Prime minister says there should be dialogue but groups should come together on a joint platform The Russian prime minister, Vladimir Putin, has given the first signal that he might be prepared for dialogue with opposition groups but said they would have to form a proper bloc with a political platform first. “There should be [...]
Posted on December 27, 2011 - by Venik
Putin ejects Kremlin ‘puppet master’ after protests
Vladislav Surkov, the architect of Russia’s tightly controlled political system, has become one its most senior victims Facing a swelling wave of public anger over fraud-tainted elections, prime minister Vladimir Putin has rejected demands for a rerun of the vote, while the Kremlin has reassigned the architect of his tightly controlled political system to a [...]
Posted on December 27, 2011 - by Venik
Letters: Sell-off death toll
Professors Earle and Gehlbach (Letters, 27 December) continue their criticisms of our Lancet paper that showed an association between the depth and speed of mass privatisation in the former Soviet Union and mortality. Unfortunately, they fail to note that we have comprehensively responded to these criticisms in the Lancet, noting how they approach the evidence [...]
Posted on December 26, 2011 - by Venik
Vladimir Putin’s world is falling apart | Masha Gessen
The Russian media has lost its fear of Putin’s authoritarian regime. History tells us the end must be nigh Watching an authoritarian regime disintegrate is like watching an episode of the American television series House, MD. Someone who was enjoying an active lifestyle at the beginning of the series is experiencing multiple organ failure 15 [...]
