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Kyiv Post
April 24, 2018
MOSCOW – Moscow City Court has upheld the arrest in absentia of the Ukrainian prankster Nikita Kuvikov (aka Evgeniy Volnov), who spread disinformation about the number of victims of fire at a shopping mall in Kemerovo, an Interfax correspondent reported from the courtroom. “The March 28 ruling byÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
April 24, 2018
The former speaker of the Kemerovo regional legislature, who quit the post to make way for veteran politician Aman Tuleyev earlier in April, has become deputy governor of the Russian region. Aleksei Sinitsyn wrote on Facebook on April 24 that he had been appointed as the governor's acting deputy forÃâà...
TASS
April 3, 2018
MOSCOW, April 3. /TASS/. A private security contractor known as 'Protection Center' that worked in the Zimnyaya Vishnya (Winter Cherry) shopping mall in Kemerovo illegally undertook additional obligations on fire protection, Chief Expert at the Main Directorate for Licensing of the Federal National GuardÃâà...
TASS
April 1, 2018
MOSCOW, March 31. /TASS/. Detention of new defendants in the criminal case on the fire in Kemerovo shopping mall is possible, Head of Russian Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin said, according to the Committee's official representative Svetlana Petrenko. "The investigation will not be limitedÃâà...
The Times
April 1, 2018
The governor of the Siberian region where a devastating fire killed 64 people in a shopping centre has resigned, saying it was “morally impossible” to continue in his job after the tragedy. Aman Tuleyev, 73, who had been in his post in Kemerovo for almost 21 years and was a loyal ally of Vladimir Putin saidÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
April 1, 2018
Within minutes the scene at the mall in the Siberian city of Kemerovo became chaotic, with smoke and fire filling the building and prompting visitors to run for safety. In the end, 64 people would lose their lives in the March 25 fire. "First, we helped the customers in our shop to get out of the building," SalimovÃâà...
Sputnik International
April 1, 2018
Tuleyev is stepping down as governor of Kemerovo Region before the expiration of his tenure, the administration official told Sputnik on Sunday. Last week, a fire broke out in the "Zimnyaya Vishnya" ("Winter Cherry") shopping mall in the Russian city of Kemerovo. According to the Russian EmergenciesÃâà...
BBC News
April 1, 2018
The long-serving governor of the Russian region where a shopping mall fire left dozens of people dead has resigned. Aman Tuleyev said stepping aside from governing Kemerovo was "the right, conscious and only true decision" following the disaster. He announced the move in a video address posted onÃâà...
Citifmonline
April 1, 2018
The long-serving governor of the Russian region where a shopping mall fire left dozens of people dead has resigned. Aman Tuleyev said stepping aside from governing Kemerovo was “the right, conscious and only true decision” following the disaster. He announced the move in a video address posted onÃâà...
euronews
April 1, 2018
The blaze tore through the four-storey Winter Cherry shopping mall in Kemerovo, Siberia, last Sunday (March 25). It is not yet known what caused the fire, but it is thought to have started by a children's play area on the top floor. The boy suffered burns and internal injuries, and needed a ventilator to breathÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty (blog)
April 1, 2018
Russian opposition blogger Mikhail Svetov says he was beaten and sent back to Moscow upon his arrival at the airport in Kemerovo, a Siberian city where at least 64 people were killed in a shopping-mall fire last month. In a video posted on his Facebook account on April 1, Svetov said that a group of someÃâà...
BBC News
April 1, 2018
The long-serving governor of the Russian region where a shopping mall fire left dozens of people dead has resigned. Aman Tuleyev said stepping aside from governing Kemerovo was "the right, conscious and only true decision" following the disaster. He announced the move in a video address posted onÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
April 1, 2018
Thousands of Kemerovo residents held protests over the past few days, demanding the resignation of local officials after the deadly fire. Protesters gathered at Kemerovo's Sovetov Square on Tuesday, saying that they did not believe the official version of events about the fire that started in the Winter CherryÃâà...
The Guardian
March 29, 2018
“We have come to the conclusion that this was a clear, planned demonstration aimed at discrediting the government,” said Vladimir Chernov, a vice-governor of Kemerovo region, without offering any evidence for his claim. “Very many [of the demonstrators] were stoked up young people … people attendedÃâà...
The Nation Newspaper
March 29, 2018
Nigerian international and Madura United forward Osaze Odemwingie has condoled with families of the fire disaster in the Russian city of Kemerovo. The former Stoke and West Brom ace, took to the social media to express his heart felt pity for the victims of the inferno describing the incident as very sadÃâà...
TASS
March 29, 2018
KEMEROVO, March 28. /TASS/. Kemerovo's Zavodskoi District Court has arrested private security company guard Sergei Antyushin, whom investigators believe to have failed to turn on the fire alarm when a fire began in the Zimnyaya Vishnya shopping mall on March 25, a TASS correspondent reportedÃâà...
TASS
March 29, 2018
NOVO-OGARYOVO, March 28. /TASS/. Expert assessments of the Kemerovo shopping mall fire case may take four to five months, but the Russian Investigative Committee will speed up the process, the Committee's head Alexander Bastrykin told President Vladimir Putin at a meeting held in Novo-OgaryovoÃâà...
BBC News
March 28, 2018
Thousands of people have protested in the Siberian city of Kemerovo, angry at Russian officials over the leisure complex fire that killed at least 64 people, 41 of them children. President Vladimir Putin arrived in Kemerovo earlier and blamed "criminal negligence" for Sunday's blaze. Relatives say dozens ofÃâà...
The Moscow Times
March 28, 2018
They came to Pushkin Square by the thousands, carrying flowers and candles in memory of the dead. Soon, the central Moscow square had filled, but the mourners kept coming. “How can God exist if he lets children die?” asked Ivan Reznik, 17, between prayers. “How can he let them die while the thievesÃâà...
Sputnik International
March 28, 2018
Vladimir Putin has signed a decree declaring three days of national mourning beginning on Wednesday for the victims of the Kemerovo shopping mall fire. It was suggested to cancel all entertainment-related TV shows. Putin on Tuesday, during his trip to Kemerovo, laid flowers near the shopping centerÃâà...
The Moscow Times
March 28, 2018
Forty-one children were among the 64 people killed in the blaze that swept through the Winter Cherry shopping mall in the Siberian city of Kemerovo. A crowd of 1,500 mourners, who called on Monday for the resignation of government officials over their handling of rescue efforts, was dismissed as a groupÃâà...
TASS
March 28, 2018
MOSCOW, March 28. /TASS/. A fire in the shopping mall in the Siberian city of Kemerovo was most likely caused by arson in a children's playground on the fourth floor, a source familiar with the situation told TASS on Wednesday. "Most likely, the fire was caused by bringing a source of open fire from outsideÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
March 28, 2018
As the city of Kemerovo looks for answers in the wake of a March 25 shopping-mall fire that killed 64 people, a village located a little more than 100 kilometers to the west is coming to grips with its own tragedy within the tragedy. Of the child victims -- whose number could rise into dozens once all the victimsÃâà...
BBC News
March 28, 2018
The shops and cinema auditoriums were packed with families enjoying the school holidays when the fire took hold. Among them were Igor Vostrikov's; his wife, sister and three children, aged two, five and seven were there. They suffocated inside a cinema, unable to escape because the doors were locked,Ãâà...
BBC News
March 28, 2018
The first funerals are taking place for those who died in the shopping centre fire in the Siberian city of Kemerovo. At least 64 people died in the blaze on Sunday, 41 of them children. Relatives say dozens of people are still missing. Wednesday has been declared a day of national mourning, and vigils haveÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
March 27, 2018
Thousands of people demonstrated in the Siberian city of Kemerovo on March 27 to demand answers and accountability after a fire at a shopping mall killed 64 people, including many children. The father of one victim addressed the crowd, describing the last phone conversation he had with his daughterÃâà...
BBC News
March 27, 2018
The devastating impact of the leisure complex fire in Siberia is revealed by Russia's Investigative Committee. Video shows committee workers collecting evidence inside the gutted building in Kemerovo. 27 Mar 2018. Share this with Facebook Ãâ÷ Share this with Twitter Ãâ÷ Share this with Messenger Ãâ÷ Share this with MessengerÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
March 27, 2018
Amid the chaos that ensued as mall patrons tried to escape the March 25 fire that left at least 64 people dead in the Siberian city of Kemerovo, one image stands out. "The most horrifying scene was a merry-go-round that was still moving with children on it," Tatarchukova told the Siberia Desk of RFE/RL'sÃâà...
BBC News
March 27, 2018
The Siberian city of Kemerovo is in shock after fire ravaged a shopping and entertainment complex, killing at least 64 people. Survivors and mourners spoke to BBC Russian reporters Sergei Goryashko and Elizaveta Fokht. Eight-year-old Darina was having fun at a children's birthday party in the WinterÃâà...
Manila Bulletin
March 26, 2018
The Department of Foreign Affairs said on Monday it is is still checking if there were Filipinos among the victims of the fire in the town of Kemerovo, some ... people of the Russian Federation over the deaths resulting from the fire at the Winter Cherry Shopping Center in Kemerovo,” Foreign Affairs SecretaryÃâà...
TASS
March 26, 2018
KEMEROVO, March 26. /TASS/. DNA tests will be required for identifying the bodies of those who died in the shopping center fire in Kemerovo, Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova said in a distance conference on Monday. "Some bodies are unidentifiable at first sight. DNA tests will be required. They willÃâà...
RT
March 26, 2018
The tragedy shook Russia's western Siberian city of Kemerovo on Sunday, just before the beginning of school holidays. The fire started on the top floor of the four-story shopping mall, which housed a cinema that was packed with parents and children at the time of the blaze. It quickly spread throughout theÃâà...
Townsville Bulletin
March 26, 2018
THE death toll from a fire in a shopping centre in the Russian city of Kemerovo has risen to 37, according to reports. The fire tore through the shopping mall in the city of Kemerovo, 3000 kilometres east of Moscow, on Sunday. Early reports stated 69 people were missing, including 40 children, but this wasÃâà...
New York Times
March 26, 2018
MOSCOW — At least 64 people died when a fire burned through a shopping mall in the Siberian city of Kemerovo on Sunday, the Russian authorities said Monday. Many of the victims were children, and at least 16 people were still missing after the blaze in the industrial city of about half a million people,Ãâà...
BBC News
March 26, 2018
Russian investigators and witnesses say there was no alarm and exits were blocked when a fire engulfed a shopping and entertainment mall in Siberia, killing at least 64 people. Many of the victims in the coal-mining city of Kemerovo were children. Russia's Investigative Committee spoke of blocked exitsÃâà...
112 International (blog)
March 26, 2018
Ukraine's Foreign Ministry checks the information if there were any Ukrainian citizens among the dead and injured in the Kemerovo fire incident. The consulate service department of Ukraine's foreign ministry reported that on Monday morning. According to the latest official data, 53 people perished due toÃâà...
https://en.crimerussia.com/
March 26, 2018
53 people were killed in a fire in the Zimnyaya Vishnya (Winter Cherry) shopping center in Kemerovo, the headquarters reported promptly. Previously, the Deputy Head of the Ministry of Emergency Measures reported on 48 dead. The death toll in a fire in the Zimnyaya Vishnya shopping center in KemerovoÃâà...
TASS
March 26, 2018
MOSCOW, March 26. /TASS/. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has ordered Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova to immediately set off to the Siberian city of Kemerovo, where a fire at a shopping mall killed up to 40 people, including children, prime minister's spokeswoman Natalya Timakova said.
Toronto Star
March 26, 2018
MOSCOW—At least 37 people died when a fire burned through a shopping mall in the Siberian city of Kemerovo on Sunday, Russian authorities said. Many of the victims were children, and at least 29 people were still missing after the blaze in the industrial city of about half a million people, over 2,000Ãâà...
Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news
March 26, 2018
Ukraine's consul in Novosibirsk is checking reports whether Ukrainian citizens could have been killed or injured in a fire at the Zimnyaya Vizhnya shopping mall in Kemerovo, Deputy Director of the Consular Service Department of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Vasyl Kyrylych has told the Ukrayinska PravdaÃâà...
https://en.crimerussia.com/
March 26, 2018
The death toll in a fire in the Kemerovo's Zimnyaya Vishnya (Winter Cherry) shopping center has grown to 48 people, the operational headquarters at ... "The President was informed about the tragedy in the Kemerovo region, Vladimir Putin deeply sympathizes with the families and friends of those killed inÃâà...
Daily Telegraph
March 26, 2018
THE death toll from a fire in a shopping centre in the Russian city of Kemerovo has risen to 37, according to reports. The fire tore through the shopping mall in the city of Kemerovo, 3000 kilometyres east of Moscow, on on Sunday. Early reports stated 69 people were missing, including 40 children, but thisÃâà...
TASS
March 26, 2018
On Sunday afternoon, a deadly fire broke out at the Zimnyaya Vishnya (Winter Cherry) shopping mall in central Kemerovo. The fire began on the top floor of the four-storey building and ended up taking dozens of people's lives. The blaze spread over a thermally insulated section, engulfing an area of someÃâà...
TASS
March 26, 2018
KEMEROVO, March 26. /TASS/. Families of people killed in the fire at a shopping mall in Russia's Siberian city of Kemerovo on Sunday will receive a compensation of one million rubles (over $17,500), Kemerovo Region Governor Aman Tuleyev said. "I have made a decision that each family, whichÃâà...
BBC News
March 26, 2018
Russian investigators and witnesses say there was no alarm and exits were blocked when a fire engulfed a shopping and entertainment mall in Siberia, killing at least 64 people. Many of the victims in the coal-mining city of Kemerovo were children. Russia's Investigative Committee spoke of blocked exitsÃâà...
VolleyMob
March 25, 2018
Kuzbass Kemerovo finished the Russian Superleague in 7th place with a 15-11 record. Belgorod, a club volleyball powerhouse that boasts a FIVB Club WCH to its name, finished the competition in 2nd with a 21-5 record. Of Belgorod's 5 regular season losses, 2 of them were to Kuzbass. Was it really aÃâà...
Daily Sabah
March 25, 2018
At least five people were killed and 32 injured on Sunday when a fire tore through a shopping mall in the Siberian city of Kemerovo, the Russian state Investigative Committee said. Seventeen people were missing following the incident in a coal-producing region some 3,600 km (2,240 miles) east ofÃâà...
WGAL Lancaster
March 25, 2018
At least 37 people were killed in a fire at a shopping center in the Siberian city of Kemerovo on Sunday, a spokesman for the firefighting agency told Russian state media. State news agency Tass reported that a fire at the Zimnyaya Vishnya shopping mall in central Kemerovo broke out on the top floor of aÃâà...
MetroNews Canada
March 25, 2018
Smoke rises above a multi-story shopping center in the Siberian city of Kemerovo, about 3,000 kilometers (1,900 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, on Sunday, March 25, 2018. At least three children and a woman have died in a fire that broke out in a multi-story shopping center in the Siberian city ofÃâà...
WBAL Baltimore
March 25, 2018
Smoke rises above a multi-story shopping center in the Siberian city of Kemerovo, about 1,900 miles east of Moscow, Russia, on Sunday, March 25, 2018. ... authorities say that five people, including one child, have died in a fire that broke out in a multistory shopping center in the Siberian city of Kemerovo.
