Russia foils plane hijacking in Moscow The Star | MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian special forces staged a lightning strike on Thursday to detain a man who had seized an aircraft on a domestic flight to Moscow's Domodedovo airport, a spokeswoman for the airport said. | "During the flight, an attempt was made to hijack the airplane. After its landing at...
Sweltering heat breaks new record in Moscow The Star | MOSCOW (Reuters) - The summer heat set a new all-time temperature record in Moscow on Thursday, a leading forecaster said, adding that the unprecedentedly long heatwave could be interrupted already on Friday. Boys cool themselves in a fountain at All-Russian Exhibition Centre in Moscow July 16, 20...
Espanyol sell defender Pareja to Spartak Moscow m&c | Madrid - Argentine defender Nico Pareja announced on Friday that he has left Spanish Liga club Espanyol to join Russian giants Spartak Moscow. | According to Spanish media reports, the transfer fee will be around nine million euros (11.76 million d...
Moscow hits 102°F; hottest day ever in Finland; Newsvine | At 4pm local time today in Moscow, Russia, the temperature surpassed 100°F for the first time in recorded history. The high temperature of 100.8°F (37.8°C) recorded at the Moscow Observatory, the official weather location for Moscow, beat Moscow...
Clinton's Ukraine trip to balance tilt towards Moscow Gulf News | Kiev: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may have initiated renewed US interest in Ukraine after a flurry of pro-Russian moves by its new leadership when she visited the ex-Sovie...
Russia foils plane hijacking in Moscow China Daily | MOSCOW - Russian special forces staged a lightning strike on Thursday to detain a man who had seized an aircraft on a domestic flight to Moscow's Domodedovo airport, a spokeswoman for the airport said. | "During the flight, an attempt was made to h...
Russia foils plane hijacking in Moscow The Star | MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian special forces staged a lightning strike on Thursday to detain a man who had seized an aircraft on a domestic flight to Moscow's Domodedovo airport, a spokeswoman for the airport said. | "During the flight, an attempt was...
Russia mobilizes army to fight fires that kill 25 Houston Chronicle | MOSCOW - Vast sections of Russia were under a state of emergency Friday as more than 10,000 firefighters fought to save villages and forests from being reduced to ash and ember during the country's hottest summer on record. | At least 25 deaths were reported in the last two days alone and the Kremlin called out the army to help as fires raged ove...