RIA Novosti

Extreme Cold Winter 2012

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:32:00 GMT

Cold Snap Kills 63 in Ukraine

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:59:15 GMT

Warm January a False Spring for Bryansk Butterflies

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:11:00 GMT

Unseasonably warm winter weather and abundant rainfall in the forests around Bryansk have awakened the common brimstone butterfly (conepteryx rhamni) from hibernation months ahead of schedule, the Bryansky Les nature preserve said in a statement.

Egypt Dismantles Equipment at Looted Nuclear Plant Site

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:42:00 GMT

Egyptian engineers have started dismantling equipment and machinery at a nuclear power plant construction site after looters damaged parts of the station, the Al-Masry Al-Youm daily reported.

Moscow animal rights activists protest Chinese cat fur coats

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:25:00 GMT

Moscow police are checking retail outlets at the All-Russia Exhibition Center following reports that it stocks Chinese fur coats made of domestic cat skins, city police said on Monday.

Russia warming at double world pace

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:22:00 GMT

Temperatures in Russia in the past century rose at twice the rate of warming in the rest of the world, the Russian emergencies ministry said on Monday.

Repair, modernization of fire-damaged sub may cost $30 mln

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:38:00 GMT

The cost to repair and modernize the Yekaterinburg, a Russian nuclear submarine damaged by fire late last December, could total 900 million rubles ($30 million), a representative of United Shipbuilding Corporation said on Monday.

Russia’s wayward Mars probe ‘may fall Jan.14-16’

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:52:00 GMT

Russia’s troubled Phobos-Grunt spacecraft will fall back to Earth between January 14 and 16, possibly some place in the Indian Ocean, Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said on Wednesday.

Strong 7.3 quake strikes Indonesia, tsunami warning issued

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:58:00 GMT

A powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia, the United States Geological Survey said on its website on Tuesday.

Strong 7.3 quake rocks Indonesia

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:17:00 GMT

A powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia, the United States Geological Survey said on its website on Tuesday.

Bulgarian opposition blasts plans to build new reactors

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:29:00 GMT

Bulgaria needs no more nuclear power plants but should focus instead on energy efficiency, the opposition Union of Democratic Forces party said on Friday.

Japan plans to set 40-year limit on reactors life span

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:31:00 GMT

The Japanese government plans to limit the service life of nuclear reactors to 40 years, nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono said on Friday, according to the Kyodo news agency.

Global consequences of Japanese quake

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:31:00 GMT

Experts probe death of rare Amur leopard in Russia’s Far East

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:13:00 GMT

A team of Russian conservation experts have launched a probe into the death of a rare Amur leopard, one of only an estimated 40 left in the wild, in a natural reserve in the country’s Primorye Territory, a spokesman for the Russian Academy of Sciences’ wildlife study project said on Thursday.

Mass death of blackbirds registered again in U.S. on New Year’s Eve

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:22:00 GMT

A mass death of blackbirds was registered in the U.S. state of Arkansas for the second straight New Year’s Eve, CNN reported on Tuesday.

Russian nuclear sub fire put out

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 09:49:00 GMT

A fire that broke out on a Russian nuclear submarine in dry dock on Thursday has been put out, Emergencies Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Friday.

Owner of house hit by satellite fixes roof himself amid compensation snag

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 10:50:00 GMT

A Siberian homeowner who miraculously escaped serious injury when a fragment of a Russian communication satellite crashed through the roof of his house had to fix it himself as the authorities wrangle over compensation.

WWF Russia announces satellite tracking program for walruses

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 22:55:00 GMT

WWF Russia will put satellite tracking devices on Atlantic walruses next year to suggest specific walrus conservation measures to oil companies drilling in the area.

Russia reports 25,000 undersea radioactive waste sites

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:40:00 GMT

There are nearly 25,000 hazardous underwater objects containing solid radioactive waste in Russia, an emergencies ministry official said on Monday.

Rescue of dozens of whales trapped in ice off Chukotka suspended

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 10:35:00 GMT

An operation to rescue dozens of white whales trapped in ice off Russia's Far Eastern Chukotka Peninsula has been suspended because of complicated weather conditions, an emergency services spokesman said on Monday.

Anderson, Bardot and other activists praise Russia's harp seal trade ban

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:58:00 GMT

Prominent animal rights campaigners, including Pamela Anderson and Brigitte Bardot, praised the import ban on harp seal products by Russia, which earlier bought 90% of all Canadian harp seal pelts.

Oil spill uncovered off Rio-de-Janeiro

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:50:00 GMT

Brazil's environmental authorities have uncovered a 10,000 liter leak at an oil platform off Rio-de-Janeiro, La Segunda daily said on Sunday.

Drilling rig accident in Sea of Okhotsk

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 06:27:00 GMT

Russia says Kyoto protocol no longer effective

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:20:00 GMT

Canada's decision to quit the Kyoto protocol confirms that it had lost its effectiveness, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said on Friday.

Polar bear census could cost Russia $60 million

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:25:00 GMT

A census of Russian polar bears could cost up to $60 million, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Russia said on Wednesday.