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Dozens dead in Russian plane crash
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BBC News Europe
17 November 2013 Last updated at 22:40 GMT
Dozens dead in Russian plane crash
A passenger plane has crashed at an airport in the Russian city of Kazan, killing all 50 people on board.
The Boeing 737 had taken off from Moscow and was trying to land but exploded on impact at about 19:20 local time (15:20 GMT), officials said.
The Emergencies Ministry said there were 44 passengers and six crew members on the Tatarstan Airlines flight.
Investigators are now looking at whether a technical failure or crew error may have caused the crash.
Investigative committee official Vladimir Markin told Rossiya 24 TV that experts were checking whether poor quality fuel and weather conditions could have been contributing factors.
It was raining in Kazan when the aircraft crashed.
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Reports said the pilot, 47-year-old Rustem Salikhov, had already tried to land several times before crashing.
Distressed relatives are being helped by a team of psychologists http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24980055
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BBC News Europe
15 November 2013 Last updated at 09:40 GMT
Red Square naked nail protester faces criminal charges
Police put a blanket over Pavlensky before leading him away A naked performance artist who nailed his scrotum to Red Square as a political protest may face up to five years in prison, Russian media report.
A criminal investigation has begun into Pyotr Pavlensky’s actions at the Kremlin wall on Sunday, the interior ministry told news agencies in Moscow.
Pavlensky was arrested but released the following day and placed under travel restrictions.
However, the 29-year-old now faces the charge of hooliganism.
The hooliganism charge is used to prosecute perceived breaches of public order. It is the same charge used to jail members of the punk band Pussy Riot, and to prosecute activists from the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise.
Red Square naked man faces charges
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Performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky nails testicles to Red Square cobblestone in Kremlin protest
- November 11, 2013
A screen grab of a Life News report on performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky, who nailed his testicles to a cobblestone in Red Square. Source: AFP
A RUSSIAN performance artist has been taken to hospital after stripping naked and nailing his testicles to a Red Square cobblestone in protest against the Kremlin’s crackdown on political rights.
A video of the graphic action, available on Russian websites, showed artist Pyotr Pavlensky sitting naked outside Lenin’s Mausoleum being covered with a blanket by police officers while horrified passersby looked on.
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Artist Pyotr Pavlensk‘s work of protest! He nails his testicles to a cobblestone at Red Square.
The Saint Petersburg-based artist said in a statement posted on the Grani.ru website that he was trying to draw attention to Russian society’s inaction in the face of the development of a “police state”.
Russia marked its annual Police Day holiday on Sunday.
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YAHOO! NEWS SINGAPORE
Protester nails testicles to Red Square cobblestone
AFP News – 17 minutes ago
A Russian performance artist was hospitalised Sunday after stripping naked and nailing his testicles to a Red Square cobblestone in protest against the Kremlin’s crackdown on political rights.
A video of the graphic action, available on Russian websites, showed artist Pyotr Pavlensky sitting naked outside Lenin’s Mausoleum being covered with a blanket by police officers while horrified passersby looked on.
The state-run RIA Novosti news agency said Pavlensky was taken to a police station after being treated in a central Moscow clinic.
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/protester-nails-testicles-red-square-cobblestone-141831463.html
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Protest by Pyotr Pavlensk
An officer uses bolt cutters to sever barbed wire worn by artist Pyotr Pavlensky during a protest outside the Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg, Russia, on May 3, 2013. Pavlensky wrapped himself in a blanket and barbed wire to symbolize his view of the oppression of the legislative system of Saint Petersburg.
Photo credit: Stringer / Reuters
http://hungeree.com/society/protest-by-pyotr-pavlensk/
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He has previously sewn his lips together to demonstrate against the jailing of two female members of the Pussy Riot punk band who staged an anti-Kremlin performance inside Moscow’s main cathedral in 2011.
Published on Jul 24, 2012
Russian artist Petr Pavlensky sews his mouth together in support of punk rock group Pussy Riot, currently under arrest for their anti-Putin protest. Report by Adam Sich.
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