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74 storiesAmerican actress Eva Marie Saint dies at 102
American actress Eva Marie Saint, an Oscar winner for her role in Elia Kazan's 1954 film “On the Waterfront,” died at the age of 102. Kommersant, citing Deadline, reported she died on 6 October at her home in Los Angeles surrounded by her f…
One worker injured in rock collapse at Vostochny mine in Russia's Primorye
A rock collapse at the Vostochny mine in Primorsky Krai injured one worker, with no fatalities reported. Twenty-two people were in the shaft at the time; rescuers brought the injured miner to the surface and handed him to ambulance crews. P…
Tanker catches fire in Black Sea near Sochi; Sirius beaches closed
A tanker caught fire in the Black Sea near Sochi, according to Russian state and business outlets. The head of the Sirius federal territory administration, Dmitry Plishkin, said its beaches would be temporarily closed and that water and air…
Russian citizen dies after road accident in Phuket, consulate says
Russia's consulate general in Phuket confirmed that a Russian man died after a road accident, saying he died in hospital from his injuries and that the consulate is helping to repatriate the body. Diplomats did not give the circumstances of…
Rublev’s Trinity icon returned to iconostasis at Trinity-Sergius Lavra
The «Trinity» icon painted by Andrei Rublev was returned to the iconostasis of the Trinity Cathedral at the Trinity-Sergius Lavra on 5 October, according to sources cited by RBC. A printed copy had stood in its place while the icon was chec…
Truck collision collapses pedestrian overpass in Tatarstan, two injured
An elevated pedestrian crossing over the Kazan–Shemordan road in Tatarstan partially collapsed after a truck struck a load-bearing structure, according to the republic's emergencies ministry. Two people — the driver and a passenger of the t…
Variety: studio Neon plans to submit Yura Borisov for a Best Actor Oscar
Variety reported that actor Yura Borisov is planned to be submitted for an Academy Award in the Best Actor category, with the studio Neon behind the campaign, according to TASS. The role cited is that of OpenAI co-founder Sutskever in the f…
Two killed, including a child, in Moscow region house fire
A fire at a private house in the SNT “Stankoagregat” gardening association in Bogorodsky city district, Moscow region, killed two people, the regional branch of the Emergencies Ministry said. Firefighters found the bodies of a woman born in…
Soviet and Russian actor Vasily Popov dies at 78
Vasily Popov, a Soviet and Russian theatre and film actor known for roles in “Ataka” and “Okhota na lis”, has died at 78, TASS and Vedomosti reported. The Novomoskovsk branch of the Tula Academic Drama Theatre named after M. Gorky announced…
Russian photographer Boris Kavashkin, chronicler of Soviet-era events, dies at 81
Boris Kavashkin, a Russian photographer who covered the war in Afghanistan and the 1993 storming of the White House, has died at the age of 81, TASS reported. His son Anton Kavashkin told TASS that he died on 4 October of natural causes, ac…
British composer George Fenton, who wrote music for Groundhog Day, dies at 76
British composer George Fenton, who wrote the music for the film “Groundhog Day”, has died at the age of 76, RBC and TASS reported. Kommersant said the BBC reported the death citing a statement from his family and that the cause was not dis…
Actor Vasily Popov dies at 78; stroke named as cause of death
Soviet and Russian theatre and film actor Vasily Popov died on 3 October at the age of 78, according to the press service of the Novomoskovsk branch of the Tula Academic Drama Theatre. TASS and RIA Novosti reported that the cause of death w…
Mi-8 hard-lands in Kamchatka; no injuries as prosecutors and investigators open checks
A Mi-8 helicopter of JSC Kamchatka Aviation Enterprise made a hard landing near the Zhupanova river in Kamchatka's Yelizovsky district on Tuesday, with three crew members on board and no injuries reported. The helicopter tipped onto its sid…
British writer and politician Jeffrey Archer dies at 86
Jeffrey Archer, the British writer and politician, has died at the age of 86, according to Russian outlets citing BBC and The Guardian. Kommersant reported that publisher HarperCollins said he died “suddenly and peacefully at his home” on 5…
Car hits bear on Tomsk region road, three people hospitalised
A Ford Mondeo hit a bear that walked onto a road in Tomsk Oblast on the evening of 5 October, then went into a ditch and overturned. Three people in the car — a 28-year-old driver, a 19-year-old woman and a 24-year-old man — were taken to h…
Teenager survives cliff fall in Russia’s Perm Krai
A teenager fell from a cliff in Perm Krai, Russia, according to TASS and RIA Novosti. The boy was taken to hospital, TASS reported, and RIA Novosti said he survived. Authorities are establishing the circumstances of the fall.
Fire in 19th-century Moscow building blocks Bolshaya Nikitskaya traffic
A 19th-century building on Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street in central Moscow caught fire, TASS reported. Traffic on the street was blocked. RBC later reported that the closure was due to burning garbage, citing the Moscow traffic police.
Kamchatka warned of powerful cyclone and possible river flooding
Authorities warned residents of Kamchatka about an approaching powerful cyclone, RIA Novosti reported. TASS said the cyclone could raise water levels in rivers of the Yelizovsky district by up to 20 cm per day.
One passenger killed, another injured in bus-truck crash in Novosibirsk Oblast
A passenger died and another was injured when an intercity bus crashed into a stationary truck in Novosibirsk Oblast, according to the regional traffic police. The bus was on the Karasuk-Novosibirsk route and carried 42 passengers when it h…
Two tourists, a woman and a child, missing near Sofia Lakes in Karachay-Cherkessia
A woman and a child are missing in the area of the Sofia Lakes in Karachay-Cherkessia, with rescuers sent to search for them, the regional emergencies ministry press service said. The two had strayed from the trail, TASS reported. The lakes…