- 19:12 10/05/2009
- 19:01 10/05/2009
- 19:01 10/05/2009
A Russian oil tanker was attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden on Sunday but managed to escape with no casualties or damage, a Russian shipping company said.
- 17:31 10/05/2009
- 17:31 10/05/2009
Five people, including the governor of the Irkutsk Region, were killed in a helicopter crash in East Siberia, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said on Sunday. The helicopter, which was performing a regular observation flight, crashed early on Sunday southeast of Irkutsk.
- 16:06 10/05/2009
- 16:06 10/05/2009
A fire that broke out after a natural gas pipeline exploded in west Moscow early on Sunday has been completely extinguished, a spokesman for the Moscow branch of the Russian Emergencies Ministry said.
- 15:17 10/05/2009
- 15:17 10/05/2009
The Eurovision 2009 song contest will officially open in Moscow on Sunday, the contest's organizers said.
- 13:41 10/05/2009
- 13:41 10/05/2009
Russia will link U.S. plans for a missile shield in Europe with the issues of strategic offensive armaments in relations with the United States, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Sunday.
- 12:45 10/05/2009
- 12:45 10/05/2009
The global caseload of A/H1N1 swine flu cases has reached 4,055, with a death toll of 48, the head of the Novosibirsk-based Vektor virology research center in southwest Siberia said on Sunday.
- 11:56 10/05/2009
- 11:56 10/05/2009
A fire that broke out after a natural gas pipeline exploded in southwest Moscow early on Sunday has been localized, with no casualties reported, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said.
- 04:43 10/05/2009
A natural gas pipeline exploded in southwest Moscow early on Sunday, sending flames 100-300 meters into
the air, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said.
