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Newsweek
March 10, 2018
In 2013, a 65-foot asteroid entered the skies above Russia, exploding over Chelyabinsk Oblast. The blast caused extensive damage and injured nearly 1,500 people. Scientists from NASA, the National Nuclear Security Administration and two Energy Department weapons labs have designed a spacecraftÃâà...
Express.co.uk
February 19, 2018
Anyone wanting to touch a piece of alien rock could come to the museum in the city of Chelyabinsk, capital of the south-western Russian Chelyabinsk Oblast region on 15th February only. Daria Mordovina from the museum said the meteor was out of its glass case only from 9.20am to 10am, after which itÃâà...
LADbible
December 17, 2017
Pictures of the dog/bear went viral as people speculated on what it could be. The animal was found in Chelyabinsk, in south-central Russia's Chelyabinsk Oblast region, and was taken into an animal shelter. At first glance, it looks like a bear cub, but when it stands on all fours it has the appearance of a dogÃâà...
New York Times
November 23, 2017
MOSCOW — When a container of radioactive waste exploded at the Mayak factory 60 years ago, in one of the worst accidents of the nuclear age, the episode was so shrouded in secrecy that even residents of nearby towns had little clue of the danger. That secrecy proved deadly. Among the estimatedÃâà...
Sky News
November 21, 2017
"The highest reported readings in the town of Argayash (Chelyabinsk Oblast) are still much lower than equivalent readings taken in Bucharest: 76 mBq/m3 compared to the one in Bucharest (Romania) of 145 mBq/m3, according to the IAEA. "Rosatom is committed to the highest standards of transparencyÃâà...
Human Rights Watch
December 31, 1999
Chelyabinsk oblast Governor Boris Dubrovskii issued a statement promising a thorough investigation, including an analysis of potential “flaws” in the management of state institutions for children. A fundamental “flaw” is that children end up in these orphanages at all. Human Rights Watch has documentedÃâà...
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