| 04/07/2018 18:30 | Putin declares Wednesday day of national mourning for victims of Kemerovo mall fire ( The Eagle Online )
On Sunday, the major fire broke out in the Zimnyaya Vishnya (âWinter Cherryâ) shopping centre in Kemerovo. ... a decree on a declaration of national mourning on Wednesday in connection with the deadly fire in a shopping mall in the Siberian city of Kemerovo, the Kremlin press service said on Tuesday ... |
| 04/07/2018 16:35 | US slaps sanctions on Russian oligarchs, government officials ( The Eagle Online )
On Sunday, the major fire broke out in the Zimnyaya Vishnya (âWinter Cherryâ) shopping centre in Kemerovo. ... The Russian president arrived in Kemerovo, where he held an unscheduled meeting with an initiative group of citizens, who expressed their mistrust of the ongoing investigation into the ... |
| 04/07/2018 05:40 | Further down the spiral: Russia and the West after Putin's re-âelectionâ ( Brookings Institution (blog) )
Ioffe, relatedly, spoke about the tragic fire at a mall in the Siberian city of Kemerovo on March 25, where dozens of children and adults were killed. âWhen Putin, the very popular Putin, came in that night, the streets were cleared,â she said. âHe did not meet with the people of Kemerovo and the governor of ... |
| 04/07/2018 04:40 | Russian lawmaker: new US sanctions are baseless, unfriendly - Ifax ( Reuters UK )
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting dedicated to fire, that killed at least 64 people at a busy shopping mall, in Kemerovo, Russia March 27, 2018. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS. Reporting by Gabrielle Tetrault-Farber; Editing by Jack Stubbs. Our Standards:The Thomson ... |
| 04/07/2018 04:40 | US punishes Russian oligarchs, officials with more sanctions ( Newsday )
The new sanctions are in response to "the totality of the Russian government's ongoing and increasingly brazen pattern" of bad behavior, officials said. Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with local officials in Kemerovo, Russia, March 27, 2018. Photo Credit: AP/Alexei Druzhinin. |
| 04/07/2018 04:40 | United Russia party head against Tuleev's nomination for post of regional parliament speaker ( https://en.crimerussia.com/ )
The proposal to nominate Tuleev for the post of the regional parliament speaker was made by State Duma deputies from the Kemerovo region. They appealed to Acting Governor of the region Sergey Tsivilev. They asked to support Tuleev's nomination for the post of the regional parliament head. |
| 04/07/2018 00:45 | "He'd work till he's 100 years old." Aman Tuleev may become Kuzbass Council of Deputies chairman ( https://en.crimerussia.com/ )
The president reminded the interim governor Sergei Tsivilev about the achievements of his predecessor the day before Alexey Sinitsyn transferred power of the parliament speaker to the former governor of the Kemerovo region. According to the political scientist Rostislav Turovsky, this indicates that ... |
| 04/06/2018 21:40 | Russian, Chinese top diplomats to discuss preparation for Putin's visit ( Trend News Agency )
Wang Yi's visit to Russia had been initially scheduled for March 27-28. However, the visit was delayed due to changes in the Russian administration's schedule in the wake of the deadly fire in the Siberian city of Kemerovo. According to Vladimir Putin, the relations between Russia and China are at an ... |
| 04/06/2018 10:30 | Russia: Another mall fire â heroic action of firefighters ( Blasting News )
Some people hoped that Putin would be overthrown as a result of the Kemerovo fire. Instead, the businessmen and state authorities showed a sense of responsibility. At the initiative of the Emergency Situations Ministry, local authorities, fire brigades and the entrepreneurs themselves, there were plenty ... |
| 04/06/2018 07:30 | Reporter's Notebook: What Would Vladimir Lenin Have Said? ( http://www.newsgram.com/ )
Reading the transcript of what Putin said to local officials in Kemerovo on that trip is eye-opening. He's all toughness and brusqueness as he promises to make sure there's punishment for officials and inspectors who failed to enforce building codes and fire regulations. There's little humanity in his words, ... |
| 04/06/2018 07:30 | Putin says he is scheduled to meet Chinese president several times this year ( TASS )
The Chinese foreign minister, for his part, reiterated condolences over the deadly mall fire in Kemerovo which killed 64 people. "As we are Russia's friends, our hearts are heavy, we feel with the Russian people, and the president instructed me to once again convey a deep sympathy of the Chinese side," ... |
| 04/06/2018 01:30 | "The authorities laugh at ordinary people." Kemerovo citizen who lost whole family in the fire filmed ... ( https://en.crimerussia.com/ )
A resident of Kemerovo, Igor Vostrikov, who lost his wife, three children and his sister in the fire at Zimnyaya Vishnya shopping center, reached out to Vladimir Putin with a video. He posted his video message on his VKontakte page. To this end, he came to the mother of the deceased spouse, who had ... |
| 04/05/2018 23:30 | State Duma to review causes of Zimnyaya Vishnya fire ( https://en.crimerussia.com/ )
Deputies of the State Duma create a working group that will study all the circumstances that caused a fire in the Kemerovo shopping center Zimnyaya Vishnya. Parliamentarians intend to design in rules to exclude such tragedies, Kommersant writes. The first meeting was held in closed mode, the laws ... |
| 04/05/2018 22:30 | US plans to sanction Russian oligarchs this week -- sources ( The Union Leader )
A Russian state flag is lowered at half-mast on the day of national mourning for the victims of a shopping mall fire in Kemerovo, with the coat of arms of the Soviet Union seen on the facade of the building of the lower house of parliament, State Duma, in central Moscow on March 28. (REUTERS/Sergei ... |
| 04/05/2018 21:35 | Russian, Chinese top diplomats to discuss preparation for Putin's visit ( TASS )
... President Vladimir Putin to China and the situation on the Korean Peninsula. Wang Yi's visit to Russia had been initially scheduled for March 27-28. However, the visit was delayed due to changes in the Russian administration's schedule in the wake of the deadly fire in the Siberian city of Kemerovo. |
| 04/05/2018 07:35 | A week in review 04/04/18 ( La Voz Nueva )
Russian governor resigns after fire After a fire at a mall killed over 60 people in Kemerovo, Russia, the region's governor has stepped down. Aman Tuleyev said he would step down as governor, and said it was âthe right, conscious and only true decision. Among those killed in the fire was Tuleyev's niece ... |
| 04/05/2018 04:25 | Russian TV Channels Dodging Bad News, RSF Says ( RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty )
A deadly fire at a shopping center in the Siberian city of Kemerovo on March 25 "was left uncovered for half a day while other dramatic events in recent months have been played down," the Paris-based media watchdog said in a statement on April 3. Meanwhile, President Vladimir Putin's activities "get ... |
| 04/05/2018 01:45 | Regional governor Tuleev resigns in wake of Kemerovo fire in Russia ( World Socialist Web Site )
A week after the fire at the shopping mall and entertainment center âWinter Cherryâ took the lives of at least 64 people, including 41 children, the regional governor of the Kemerovo oblast in southwestern Siberia, Aman Tuleev, announced his resignation on Sunday, April 1. The fact that Tuleev, one of the ... |
| 04/04/2018 08:35 | Russian Kemerovo Region Head Resigns After Deadly Mall Fire ( ĐnsŃdĐľr CĐ°r NĐľws )
Governor of the Kemerovo Region Aman Tuleyev speaks during a meeting in Kemerovo, Russia. Tuleyev enraged the public by denouncing the thousands who took to the streets in protest as "opposition" troublemakers, and apologizing to Putin because the fire took place in his region. Officials have ... |
| 04/04/2018 08:35 | Russian TV dodges bad news ( YubaNet )
More than 60 people were killed in the shopping mall fire in the Siberian city of Kemerovo but it was ignored for hours by the three leading TV networks â Pervy Kanal and Rossiya 1, which are mainly state-owned, and NTV, which belongs to the mainly state-owned natural gas company Gazprom. |
