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Russian workers pull Mikhail Pichugin ashore on Tuesday. He was adrift in the Sea of Okhotsk for 67 days. AP | Photo Credit: AP A Russian man was rescued in the stormy Sea of Okhotsk after surviving for more than two months in a tiny inflatable boat that lost its engine, but his brother and…
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Seven groups of emergency rescuers, rangers and volunteers are trying to locate the helicopter (file). More than 60 people were battling heavy winds and rains on Sunday searching for a Russian helicopter that went missing the day before with 22 aboard in the far eastern peninsula of Kamchatka, the emergencies ministry said. Seven groups of…
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Several aftershocks were recorded after the initial quake (Representational) Washington, United States: A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Russia’s far-eastern Kamchatka Peninsula early Sunday morning local time, according to the regional earthquake monitoring service. The local emergencies ministry said tremors were felt along the coast including in the region’s capital Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. “Operational…
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