March 2, 2016 - MOSCOW, RUSSIA - A heavy spring snowstorm hit the Moscow region
last night.
The unexpected weather conditions complicated the situation
on Moscow roads and forced Domodedovo and Sheremetyevo airports to
cancel more than a hundred flights.
Weather forecasters predict the strongest snowfall for the end of the
week. According to Russia's meteorological service, such snowstorms
occur in March once every 50 years.
The snowfall took Moscow's residents by surprise. Pedestrians heading to
work are getting stuck in the snow, while many car owners have to dig
their cars out of snow banks.
However, many people have not lost their sense of humor and shared their impressions on social networks.
Весна пришла! Весне дорогу! #мисис #нитумисис #весна #москва #снег #зима #снеговик pic.twitter.com/mseyflRUNe
— НИТУ «МИСиС» (@misisRu) 2 марта 2016 г.
Spring is coming! Let there be spring!
We've got some extra snow overnight. #Moscow ️ pic.twitter.com/8kC5JlVTb9
— Birgit Schmeitzner (@BSchmeitzner) March 2, 2016
Выпал снег немношк) pic.twitter.com/CvqO63SHwM
— Виталичъ (@vitalich_ololo) 2 марта 2016 г.
A little bit of snow
@centralppk, мытищи. Стоим ждем мин 20...все поезда опаздывают...снег видно чистят pic.twitter.com/kl1FX4AeUp
— Александр Лукин (@AlexLukin91) 2 марта 2016 г.
Mytishchi. Waiting for 20 minutes...all trains are late...apparently the snow is being shoveled away...
Почти как на Игромир #снег #cнегопад #бегинеоглядывайся pic.twitter.com/8l5m5fQRbU
— watermelondon (@wmldon) 2 марта 2016 г.
Almost like a queue to Igromir...[exhibition of computer games]
After the Snow Storm #Moscow pic.twitter.com/xYYqjJh7QL
— Marcel Sardo (@marcelsardo) March 2, 2016
A woman dressed
all in black and holding what is thought to be a child's severed head
has been arrested near a metro station in Moscow.
February 29, 2016 - HUMANITY - The following stories are clear evidence that people are losing their moral values and codes, devolving and resorting to violence, when by any measure of practical utility, non-violent means would be more effective and humane.
Woman in black holding severed child's head near Moscow metro station detained
A woman dressed all in black and holding what is thought to be a child’s severed head has been arrested near a metro station in Moscow. She was shouting, “I am a terrorist,” and reportedly threatened to blow herself up.
According to LifeNews, the victim was a girl, identified as Nastya M. After the murder, the female suspect went to a metro station, where she was stopped by a local police officer. She immediately took the severed child’s head from her bag and started shouting that she had killed the child. The suspect is currently being detained by police authorities, Russian media reported.
“The end of the world is coming in a second…I’m your death,” the woman is heard shouting in the video released online. “I hate democracy. I’m a terrorist.”
She is heard shouting that she has been “cursed” and “destroyed” “so many times.”
“I'm your suicide bomber… I'm going to die in a second…The end of the world…,” she shouted.
The woman appeared near Oktyabrskoye Pole metro station in northwest Moscow.
Eyewitness Artur Manzhesov told RT he couldn’t believe that the decapitated child’s head being carried by the woman was real.
“I saw her coming out with the head in her hands. I thought, wow, it must be a replica,” he said.
The man says he heard the perpetrator shouting: “Allahu Akbar… The Russians will be hanged like this. The Russians will be slaughtered.”
The woman was dressed in black “like Muslims,” but her face was open, Manzhesov recalled.
“I thought she just went mad… When I saw the head I started shaking… I saw the child’s face and blood coming from it. It was very scary,” he said.
Russia’s Investigative Committee later released a statement that rescuers have found a body of a three or four-year-old child after extinguishing a fire in a Moscow apartment block. A preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect is a children’s nanny in her late 30s, who is a citizen of a “Central Asian country.”
WATCH: GRAPHIC - Woman waves child's head in Moscow.
The suspect waited until the child’s parents left the apartment with an older child, then killed the child and set the apartment on fire, the Investigative Committee said.
The mother of the murdered child was taken to hospital in unconscious after she learned the news, Russia’s Zvezda TV channel reported.
Earlier on Monday, reports emerged that police had found a child’s headless body while extinguishing a fire at a Moscow apartment block. The child was about three or four years old, Interfax reported, citing sources.
The woman, identified by LifeNews as Gulchekhra Bobokulova from Uzbekistan, committed the murder because of her husband’s betrayal. According to LifeNews sources, she failed to explain how the child was connected to her husband. The woman was reportedly drugged, a source in police authorities told Interfax.
People in shops near the Oktyabrskoye Pole metro station have been evacuated, TASS reported, adding that police have sealed some exits from the station.
Indian accountant drugs and kills 14 family members, then commits suicide
Indian man has wiped out his entire family, including seven children, before hanging himself. Police sources report that the assailant added a sedative to the meals, so the drugged victims would not wake up during the bloodshed.
Hasnin Anwar Warekar, 35, has brutally murdered 14 of his relatives in the Indian city of Thane, 20 miles from Mumbai, police report. The carnage is believed to have taken place overnight Sunday, when all the residents of a single-story house were asleep after a family party.
“Prima facie evidence suggests that the accused bolted all the doors of the house and murdered his family while they were asleep with a knife that we found near his body. The accused then hung himself after killing his family", said Ashutosh Dumbare, spokesman for Thane police, as cited by the Indian Express.
The attacker reportedly first killed his wife and two daughters who were sleeping on the first floor and then butchered his own parents and sisters on the ground floor.
Man killed 14 members of his family in Thane, later committed suicide (In pic: sole survivor admitted in hospital) pic.twitter.com/TAq0ExnzgF
His younger sister Subia Bharmar, 21, managed to escape the family’s gruesome fate. She survived her brother`s first attack which left her with cut upper throat and cried for help. Luckily for her, relatives residing nearby heard her shouting and rushed to help.
"One of the sisters was shouting 'Please save me.' We went there and tried to break the door but she said don't come inside as he has a knife and he might kill you too. So we ran and called the police for help," said one of the witnesses, according to IBN live news site.
The only survivor, who has been treated in a local Thane hospital for sustained injuries, has already spoken to police, but her statement shed little light on the motives of the murderer.
“As of now, she is in a shock. It is quite possible that this is an internal family matter, but it is difficult to confirm anything at this point," said Dumbare, as cited by IBN live.
“The exact cause that triggered her brother to kill her family and himself is still unclear. Our investigation is still under way,” the spokesman said.
"It is a very sad incident. Nobody knows why he killed the members but the man was a very nice guy,” commented one of the locals on the deadly incident, pointing out that the suspect “had no quarrel or fight ever."
Warekar used to work as a chartered accountant for a private company, according to police, as reported by the Indian Express. The initial probe into the case hasn`t indicated that any conflicts within the family could have triggered the killings.
However, it has been speculated in the Indian media that an argument over property issues could have led to the massacre.
‘Ax-wielding’ Palestinian in brutal attack on Israeli guard
A Palestinian has brutally attacked an Israeli security guard in a shopping mall with something that resembled an ax, a CCTV video shows. The assailant, who was a mall employee, is seen striking the father of four multiple times near an elevator.
The incident took place in Maale Adumim, an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, 7km from Jerusalem.
The suspect, later identified as 21-year-old Abu Hammad, approached the guard, Tzvika Cohen, and reportedly asked him to open the elevator door. Cohen wasn’t suspecting the attack as he knew Hammad and the pair worked together at the mall, Channel 2 reported.
Hammad attacked the guard without warning, striking him several times with a metal object that resembles an ax, as seen in security camera footage which is circulating online.
The guard is currently in serious condition at the Hadassah-University Medical Center on Mount Scopus, northern Jerusalem.Two days after the incident the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), police and Israel Defense Forces (IDF) managed to find Hammad, who is a resident of the Palestinian village of Eizariya, located near Maale Adumim.
Hammad confirmed that he “implicated himself into a terrorist attack,” the Shin Bet said, as reported by the Jerusalem Post.
Following the attack, the Israeli government moved to ban all Palestinians from Maale Adumim until Thursday, a spokesman for the settlement said, as cited by AFP. He added that about 500 Palestinian laborers are affected by the ban.
A new wave of violence between long-standing opponents Israel and Palestine erupted in October when Israel attempted to restrict access of Palestinian men to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City area of Jerusalem.
Since then, Israeli security forces have killed at least 168 Palestinians, 111 of whom allegedly initiated attacks. Palestinian assailants have killed 28 Israelis, as well as one US citizen.
6 cases of child 'good luck' sacrifice reported in run-up to Uganda elections
Several children were murdered and mutilated as ‘good luck’
sacrifices in the run-up to the recent Ugandan elections, a charity has
announced. It stated that many locals believe such acts bring wealth and
power.
Six cases of mutilation and murder were reported in the lead-up to the elections, Shelin Kasozi of Kyampisi Childcare Ministries (KCM), a charity that cares for survivors of attempted child sacrifice, told Reuters.
"Child sacrifice cases are common during election time as some people believe blood sacrifices will bring wealth and power," Kasozi said.
She said the cases were reported from October to February in the districts of Ssembabule, Mukono, Buikwe and Mubende, all located in central Uganda.
Moses Binoga, coordinator of the anti-trafficking task force at the Ugandan Interior Ministry, acknowledged that children had been reported missing during the election period, but could not confirm KCM's reports. He said investigations are ongoing.
He did, however, acknowledge that seven child and six adult sacrifice cases were reported in Uganda in 2015, compared to nine child and four adult cases in 2014.
Referring to the past cases, Binoga said the mutilated bodies of children and adults had been found, some of whom had their hearts or livers ripped out. In two cases reported last year, the victims' heads were missing, he said.
In 2012, 82-year-old grandmother Hanifa Namuyanja was sentenced to 15 years in jail for taking part in the sacrifice of her granddaughter Shamim Nalwoga. The child was found with her tongue and eyes cut out and genitals mutilated.
The United Nations said last year that attacks on albino people in Africa were on the rise, linked to a growing demand from political hopefuls seeking body parts retrieved in black magic.
The February 18 election saw President Yoweri Museveni extend his 30-year rule, in a vote slammed by the US and the European Union. Ugandans also took part in municipal and parliamentary elections.
Referred to as Uganda's 'President for Life’, Museveni was described in a 2001 UN report as one of the “godfathers of the illegal exploitation of natural resources and the continuation of the conflict in the DRC (Democratic Republic of the Congo).”
- RT News.
10 schoolchildren stabbed in China; assailant kills himself
A man in southern China stabbed 10 schoolchildren before killing himself Monday morning, state-run media reported.
All of the children survived and were hospitalized, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
The incident took place in Haikou, the capital city of the southern island province of Hainan.
An initial investigation suggested that attacker was upset that his daughter was not allowed to attend the school after failing to complete a summer homework assignment, Xinhua said.
Police said that attacker was driven to commit the attack by "doomsday" rumors, Xinhua said at the time. Authorities also said Min testified he was inspired by TV reports about a kindergarten killing in 2010. - CNN.
February 3, 2016 - MOSCOW, RUSSIA - Moscow authorities are trying to determine what caused a rather deep crevice to open up in a parking lot in the capital’s northeast.
It swallowed two cars!
Social media users jokingly suggested the drivers overlooked the parking fee.
The incident happened on Wednesday after two unsuspecting drivers parked their Hyundai and BMW on a spot that would soon turn into a gaping hole.
The Hyundai was unlucky and literally took a dive into the gap. It had to be pulled out with a crane and a tow truck, while the BMW teetered on the edge of the crater.
The surface of the hole was 15 square meters (nearly 161 square feet) and was 3 meters deep, TASS reported.
The most disappointing aspect for the drivers was that they had used paid parking, according to local residents, who shared their amazement on social media.
“A paid parking lot in front of the office - fees have been introduced just recently,” a caption to one of the photos from the scene says.
“Must have forgotten to pay,” one social media user suggested.
Local authorities said the drivers won’t have to pay for repairs, according to RIA Novosti.
Road traffic safety inspectors have warned car owners about the possibility of waterlogging, and that the current thaw in the city may lead to cracks opening in the ground.
Daily temperatures in Moscow have been above zero since January 28. Due to sleet on the roads there have been a number of accidents, including a sinkhole on a major highway that damaged as many as 14 cars. - RT.
January 30, 2016 - MOSCOW, RUSSIA - Muscovites have been taken aback as knee-deep snow has been replaced virtually overnight with torrents of dirty water and icy swamps. Add in some biting winds, and the Russian capital has turned into one massive skating rink.
A heavy rainfall hit Moscow overnight, coinciding with a sudden warming and temperatures rising to plus two degrees Celsius - normally it would be around 10 below zero. Meteorologists say the "abnormal" warming combined with rain will persist.
Meanwhile, the rain washed away the piles of white snow from Moscow
streets, replacing it with slush and mud. A lot of people found it quite
difficult to get to work Friday morning, as the streets were blocked
with "rivers," with dozens of complaints streaming in to the city
authorities.
Muscovites took to social media to show images of cars trapped in water
in the middle of the street, and people hanging on to fences in an
attempt not to fall into the deep puddles. Some of them blamed the
disastrous situation on the roads on the poor work of public utility
services.
January 21, 2016 - MOSCOW, RUSSIA - Russia's weather center issued an orange weather warning on Tuesday as heavy snowfall threatened to disrupt traffic in Moscow.
Warning of rising wind speeds as a weather front moved into central
Russia from the south, the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia said
12-15 centimeters of snow was expected to fall on Tuesday, the TASS news
agency reported.
The new alert follows a week of heavy snowfall in Moscow. Since
the start of the month 77 centimeters of snow has fallen in the capital —
more than twice the average for January, TASS said.
The storm follows an outlandishly warm start to the Russian
winter, with temperatures in the capital dropping below zero only in
late December.
More than 18,000 machines and 60,000 people have been deployed in the city to clear snow, according to TASS.
WATCH: BTR-80 APC rescues truck stuck in snow in Russia.
December 30, 2015 - MOSCOW, RUSSIA - Winters in Russia are usually not for the faint of heart. From
temperatures buried in the negatives to cities grinding to a halt due to
snowfall, it’s essential you’re winter-ready.
This year though, it’s
panned out a little differently.
People may not be basking in sunshine but with Monday temperatures in Moscow and St. Petersburg at 9 Celsius (48.2 Fahrenheit), it’s certainly milder than people are used to.
Social media has been alight with imagery that wouldn’t look out of place in spring time Russia, with trees blossoming and normally snow-laden landscapes now green.
With average Moscow temperatures for December 2014 around -4 Celsius, Muscovites enjoyed warmer weather on Monday morning than the likes of New York (9C) and even Rome (8C), where Italians were practically freezing while eating their gelato.
On Monday, Moscow temperatures broke the 33-year-old warmth record.
The milder winter temperatures come following a record breaking 25C in September, the highest in 90 years.
While some parts of Russia are certainly enjoying fewer snow-filled days, not everyone is as lucky.
Places like Tyumen Region are enduring their expectedly cold temperatures and snow-covered lands, although it does result in some nice, albeit cold, sunsets. - RT.
December 10, 2015 - MOSCOW, RUSSIA - A huge blaze has erupted in a five-storied building on the
grounds of a machinery plant in northwest Moscow, producing flames
rising into sky.
The fire engulfed the area of some 15,000 square meters, Russian Emergencies Ministry said.
Sounds of explosions could be heard in one of the buildings engulfed in flames, Russia24 TV channel reports. An explosion of a gasoline tank on the ground floor of one of the buildings could be the cause of the blaze, Russian media report.
The flames can be seen from a distance of several kilometers with the representatives of emergency services describing the blaze as the biggest one in Moscow in a quarter of a century, local media report.
Witnesses reported the fire to the emergency services at 20:40 local time (17:40 GMT) with the first fire teams arriving at the scene five minutes later, Izvestia daily reports.
The blaze has soon spread to another two nearby five-story buildings. The firefighters have raised the complexity rating of the blaze several times and it has been eventually assigned the fourth rating out of five possible. Twenty-nine fire teams consisting of almost 100 firefighters are now combating the blaze.
The building, in which the fire has initially erupted, has collapsed, Interfax reports citing a sources in the emergency services.
There are no reports of casualties yet.
The head of the Moscow department of the Russian Emergencies Ministry has arrived at the scene.
WATCH: Huge fire erupts at Moscow factory.
According to data issued by a mobile chemical laboratory that is also present at the scene, the dangerous emissions’ concentration around the fire zone has stayed within normal range so far.
The complexity rating of the blaze on the Moscow factory was lowered from the fourth to the second around 22:20 local time (19:20 GMT), the press service of the Moscow department of the Russian Emergency Ministry said on twitter. - RT.
May 20, 2015 - MOSCOW, RUSSIA - Outside Moscow on Wednesday, Russia's Emergency Ministry staged a massive demonstration of how they deal with an earthquake measuring nine-points on the Richter scale.
The scenario that was gamed-out for the drill included fallen buildings, chemical spills, a derailed train and even a downed passenger plane.
To deal with such a catastrophe over 1,200 rescuers were deployed, some arrived on quads or parachuted from the sky while others arrived on horseback. To contain the disaster around 200 units of equipment were employed to battle the fires, dangerous chemicals as well as to rescue trapped people.
A whole range of aircraft were used from the large Ilyushin Il-76, to smaller Be-200 amphibious planes, as well as Mi-8 and Ka-32A helicopters. Altogether 19 aircraft were used for putting out fires alone.
W/S Plane on fire M/S Emergency workers extinguishing flames M/S Emergency workers extinguishing flames M/S Emergency workers extinguishing flames W/S Emergency workers descending from helicopter W/S Train carriage on fire W/S Emergency workers climbing on train carriage W/S Emergency workers using parachutes W/S Emergency drills W/S Emergency drills W/S Emergency drills M/S Emergency workers performing medical assistance W/S Emergency workers extinguishing building on fire W/S Emergency workers extinguishing building on fire W/S Emergency workers on horses W/S Ka-32A Helicopter descending W/S Ka-32A Helicopter descending W/S Emergency worker launching glider M/S Emergency worker launching glider M/S Emergency workers on motorbikes and quadbikes W/S Emergency drills
April 21, 2015 - MOSCOW, RUSSIA - Polar bears at the Moscow Zoo were in heaven, but millions of residents in the Russian capital certainly were not as a snowstorm – yes a snowstorm in the middle of April - brought gasps and groans from city dwellers.
Winter fur coats were hastily unpacked, while those who had been putting off changing their winter tires – probably through laziness – were blessing their good fortune.
Muscovites took to social media to make their feelings known, with sarcasm certainly coming to the fore. Some were questioning that global warming had by-passed Moscow, while others just let pictures do the talking.
Photo: #Moscow , April 20. That’s one heck of a #spring , ya know! #snow #russia #winter #снег #весна... http://tmblr.co/Zw4zlx1ivVn12
What Global Warming does about Moscow: snow in April. Is it really global warming? :-) http://twitrpix.com/da91p
The text says: "- Gandalf! - Yes, my friend... - Maybe we'd
better go by Metro"
Snow in Moscow.
#winter come bk in #Moscow ! -3! Bloody cold lol :D #April #snow #unbelievable
Despite being closer to summer, rather than spring and let alone Winter, Moscow was hit by a weather anomaly. An unexpected cyclone brought a front of cold weather to Central Russia.
Meteorologists say the unseasonal chill is likely to last until the weekend. However, they expect the temperature to return to ‘normal’ at the start of next week.
Building roof blown away in single blast of wind caught on dashcam (VIDEO)
A still from Youtube video
The entire roof of a two-storey building was lifted into the sky with a single gust of wind in Siberia’s, Zabaykalsky Kray. Stormy winds have been raging over the past week, causing massive devastation and deadly fires.
The flying roof episode was caught on the dashcam of a passing car in the city of Chita, in the south east of Siberia. The gust was measured at 24 meters per second (54 miles per hour).
Luckily, the building was uninhabited as it is used to house a taxicab fleet. No injuries or damage were reported, according to the press service of the local emergency ministry department.
WATCH: Wind and wildfire damage in Russia.
The roofless building is now one of more than 1,300 houses destroyed in the region by fire or the elements. The devastating blazes, which have already claimed the lives of over 800 people, have now spread to neighboring Mongolia.
An area of just over 100,000 hectares has been affected, despite around 3,000 fire fighters doing their best to try and tackle the blazes. They have used planes and helicopters to attempt to put out the fires and have managed to save five settlements.
The fire fighters have been trying to use a controlled burning technique, which deliberately burns out a certain part of the forest, to prevent the wildfires from advancing even further. Reports say that settlements in the region are not under any threat from the fires at present.
Terrifying footage of cars battling through hellish Russian wildfire (VIDEO)
A scary video emerged online of the wildfire in eastern Siberia now trapping residents, as they try to flee in their cars. The blaze surrounds the vehicles and what looks like volcanic ash rains down on them.
The grassland fire in Zabaykalskiy region, Russia, bordering Mongolia, has been raging since March 19, displacing people from over 1,200 dwellings in 20 separate towns and villages. Over the course of the Wednesday night and into early Thursday, the number of dead has doubled from 15 to 30, with nearly 500 people injured.
WATCH: Welcome to the Gates of Hell - Dashcam footage of terrifying wildfire in Russia.
There are a furthre two people missing, according to officials.
The latest reports from the national forestry service indicate that over the space of one night the fire advanced to engulf over 1,500 square kilometers (930 miles), with 140 separate forest fires in progress. By contrast, the figure was half that on Wednesday.
A total of 22 districts in the Zabaykalskiy region have been affected, with some 93 fires there alone affecting natural reserves, according to local authorities.
All emergency situation procedures are still in place.
- RT News.
March 30, 2015 - MOSCOW, RUSSIA - A
strong chilling wind has struck the Russian capital over the weekend,
upturning trees, damaging rooftops and toppling billboards across the
city. The hurricane-like winds will swirl over Russia for a few more
days, forecasters say.
Moscow emergency services have estimated
that at least 76 buildings have been damaged and 32 trees uprooted by
wind gusts that reached up to 17 meters per second.
Public transportation was partly halted in some areas of southern Moscow after upturned trees damaged overhead lines.
"Due
to the strong wind, car owners are not recommended to park near trees
and loosely-fastened constructions," the Moscow city government's
transportation department said in a statement.
At least three
people suffered minor injuries in the city. A 53-year-old man received a
minor injury due to a fallen tree. A 21-year-old woman was taken to
hospital in a similar incident. Her condition is now considered
satisfactory by doctors.
A gusty wind also tore away roof tiles and slightly injured a 27-year-old woman.
Over the weekend, witnesses shared pictures of destruction from the affected locations on Instagram and other social media.
A
specialist from Phobos meteorological center told RIA Novosti that the
strong winds may last until Thursday. Weather forecasts have also
predicted snow and rain, warning that it may result in icy roads. The
local weather services forecast winds reaching up to 25 mps Monday.
WATCH: Extreme weather hits Moscow.
Heavy
wind also affected other cities in the European part of Russia. At
least five people were injured in the southern Rostov Region after two
passenger buses were blown off the road. About 37,000 people were left
without electricity in the region.
At least 24 trees were broken
in the city of Voronezh, southwest Russia, where the gusts of wind
reached at least 18 meters per second. On Monday the local
meteorologists forecast the strength of the malicious weather phenomena
will reach 23 meter per second. - RT.
March 19, 2015 - RUSSIA
- An abnormal atmospheric phenomenon was visible throughout the
relevantly low latitude of central Russia, including Moscow and St.
Petersburg on Tuesday. A powerful geomagnetic storm promises to continue
for a second day, also including an aurora.
Witnesses and
amateur astronomers have been busily posting photos and videos of this
atmospheric event - so rarely seen in Central Russia - on blogs and
social media.
As a rule, the aurora borealis is visible in
regions close or above the Polar Circle, for example in Russia's Arctic
city of Murmansk.
But sometimes extremely powerful solar
flares cause this atmospheric phenomenon to be visible in much lower
altitudes, as is the case now.
Auroras on the North and South Poles of our planet are caused by solar
winds, when charged particles such as electrons and protons enter and
exit the gases of Earth's atmosphere, thus causing ionization, which
manifests in optical emissions.
Russia's Institute of Applied Geophysics reported that geomagnetic field disturbance began at about 13:00 GMT on Tuesday.
According to the Laboratory of X-ray Astronomy of the Sun, geomagnetic field variations were surging throughout the day.
Russia's weather forecasting service says the geomagnetic field disturbance is set to continue for two more days.
"The areas with highest probability of [seeing] the aurora borealis are
the north of Eurasia, including Scandinavia and the northern part of
the Baltic Sea," the forecasters said.
Residents of Moscow and St. Petersburg are likely to see the Northern Lights for a second night.
WATCH: Stunning auroras over Russia.
The
previous night unusual polar lighting was easily visible in many cities
across the Central Russia, including Arkhangelsk, Bryansk, Ivanovo,
Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Petrozavodsk, Tula, Vologda and Ekaterinburg,
and in neighboring Belarus. - RT.
January 31, 2015 - RUSSIA
- The deputy head of the Russian Central Bank directorate in the Amur
region of the country has shot dead three people before turning the gun
on himself, Russian independent news service Interfax reports.
The
killer is alleged to have shot two women and a man in an office on the
first floor of the regional Central Bank in the city of Blagoveshchensk.
All three died at the scene.
An
official said: "Two women and one man are among the victims of the
deputy head of the regional department of the Central Bank. One of the
victims was also a deputy head of the bank, another the head of
department of the bank and the third was a chief of a department of the
bank." Update
An
official spokesperson has suggested that the shooting could have been
in response to a proposed management reshuffle at the bank.
"According
to preliminary information, the day before [the shooting] the
management of the bank held a working meeting. The discussion focused on
personnel changes." - News Republic.
Who is killing the great bankers of Europe?
This is either the most interesting case of coincidental deaths or one of the most evil plots in modern history.Western
bankers are dropping dead all over the place - most of them youngish
and in good health. There appear to be an unusual number of suicides and
"unexplained" deaths.
Last year, 36 bankers died. There have been
3 already this year, including the latest - a Dutch financier who
worked for Amro bank.
Following the deaths of 36 bankers last year, 2015 has got off to an inauspicious start with the reported suicide of Chris Van Eeghen - the 4th ABN Amro banker suicide in the last few years. As Quotenet reports,
the death of Van Eghen - the head of ABN's corporate finance and
capital markets -"startled" friends and colleagues as the 42-year-old
"had a great reputation" at work, came from an "illustrious family," and
enjoyed national fame briefly as the boyfriend of a famous
actress/model. As one colleague noted, "he was always
cheerful, good mood, and apparently he had everything your heart
desired. He never sat in the pit, never was down, so I was extremely
surprised. I can not understand." As Niburu details,friends and colleagues were startled by the news that Chris van Eeghen had committed suicide. He worked in Amsterdam for ABN / AMRO in the position of "head of syndicate and corporate finance markets." Again, there is again a familiar pattern, namely that there is no indication that Van Eeghen had plans to take his life. Ostensibly
a successful banker, coming from what was described as an illustrious
family. Chris was also a familiar sight in Amsterdam's nightlife scene
and enjoyed national fame as possible new boyfriend of Tatjana Simic (a
famous Croatian-Dutch model, singer, actress). Most believe that the suicide is not related to his work at the bank, but a former colleague had noticed that on his Facebook recently changed its job title to "former." Chris leaves behind a son - who had recently been cleared of cancer. This is the 4th ABN Amro suicide in recent years...
So
what's going on? Almost certainly, it isn't a plot. Banking -
especially at the level that most of these bankers had reached - is a
stressful occupation with more than the average number of suicides. It's
also logical that such stress could lead to an early death due to heart
attack or stroke. (Researchers now believe that some cancers are
related to stress.)
If you were to take employees from a similarly
stressful industry and compare suicide and early death rates, you would
probably make similar correlations appear.
So far, no evidence of
foul play has emerged in any of these deaths. So either the plotters
are spectacularly competent in fooling authorities, or there is nothing
fishy at all about these deaths. - American Thinker.
Анна Попова: On the plane, already 3.5 hours. No one understands what to do with us. Twitter
January 19, 2015 - MOSCOW, RUSSIA
- Medics are examining passengers on a flight from Paris to Moscow,
after one person on board was suspected of suffering from Ebola
symptoms, staff at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport told RT. “Several
minutes before landing we received an alert from the pilots about a
passenger, and after being put in quarantine, she was examined by
doctors from several departments in accordance with a special protocol,” Anna Zakharenkova, the Sheremetyevo press officer told RT by phone. “The
other passengers are now filling out a questionnaire about whether they
had contact with the potentially infected woman, and can only be let
through by Russian health department officials.”
Анна Попова:.... The doctors came and went. No information, a woman on board ... Still. Twitter
A car fitted
with anti-contagion equipment is waiting outside the plane to
immediately transport the patient to a specialized medical center.
Russian
carrier Aeroflot, which operated Flight 2455 between the French capital
and Moscow, says there is no evidence the passenger, a French citizen
traveling with her husband, was suffering from the deadly African virus. “The doctors are saying that it is more likely food poisoning than Ebola,” Maksim Fetisov, the Aeroflot press secretary told RT.
WATCH: Ebola alert in Moscow.
Fetisov
said that insofar as the company knew, the passenger had not visited
any of the African hotbeds of the disease in recent months.
The
head of Russia’s public health watchdog, Anna Popova, told Interfax at
the beginning of December that more than 40 people had been tested for
Ebola in the country since the outbreak of the disease over a year ago,
and not a single case had been confirmed. - RT.
