Russian News Monitor – Russia: Bomb caused train crash that killed 26 (KJCT 8 Grand Junction)

Posted on November 28th, 2009 by in Eastern Europe

Russia: Bomb caused train crash that killed 26 (KJCT 8 Grand Junction)
UGLOVKA, Russia (AP) – A homemade bomb was planted on the tracks of the high-speed Moscow-to-St. Petersburg train route, causing a derailment that killed at least 26 people and injured dozens more, Russian officials said Saturday as they opened a terrorism investigation.

Bomb caused Russian train crash that killed 26 (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
UGLOVKA, Russia (AP) — Russian officials opened a terrorism investigation Saturday, saying that a homemade bomb planted on the tracks of the high-speed Moscow-to-St. Petersburg route caused a derailment that killed at least 26 people and injured dozens more.

Deadly Russian train crash was terror attack (New York Post)
UGLOVKA, Russia – A homemade bomb was planted on the tracks of the high-speed Moscow-to-St. Petersburg train route, causing a derailment that killed at least 26 people and injured dozens more, Russian officials said today as they opened a terrorism i…

Official: Blast may have been cause of Russian train wreck that killed 25 (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
UGLOVKA, Russia – An express train carrying hundreds of passengers from Moscow to St. Petersburg derailed, killing dozens of people and injuring scores of others in what may have been an act of sabotage, Russian officials said.

Russian official: At least 26 dead in train terror bombing (Chicago Tribune)
UGLOVKA, Russia (AP) — A powerful homemade bomb sent a high-speed Moscow-to-St. Petersburg train careening off its tracks, Russian officials said Saturday, killing at least 26 people in what officials consider an act of terrorism.

Russia says bomb caused deadly train crash (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A bomb caused a Russian train crash that killed dozens of people and injured 100 more, officials said on Saturday, stoking fears of an upsurge in attacks in Russia’s heartland.

France, Russia sign gas deal (Straits Times)
RAMBOUILLET (France) – RUSSIAN Prime Minister Vladimir Putin won another victory for his aggressive energy diplomacy strategy Friday, signing a deal bringing French investment to a pipeline project. In a successful trip that worried Russia’s nervous neighbours, Mr Putin also secured French investment to save the struggling Lada car maker and a promise that France will consider selling Moscow a …

Russian train derailed after “bang” on track (Tiscali)
MALAYA VISHERA, Russia (Reuters) – A Russian express train heading from Moscow to St Petersburg was derailed late on Monday after the driver heard a loud bang under the wheels, overturning carriages and wounding dozens of passengers.

Russia: Terrorism Derailed Train, Killing Dozens (CBS 3 Philadelphia)
A homemade bomb was planted on the tracks of the high-speed Moscow-to-St. Petersburg train route, causing a derailment that killed at least 26 people and injured dozens more, Russian officials said Saturday as they opened a terrorism investigation. The head of Russia’s Federal Security Service, Alexander Borotnikov, said an improvised explosive device equivalent to 15 pounds (7 kilograms) of TNT …

France’s EDF joins Russian South Stream pipeline (Malaysian Mirror)
RAMBOUILLET, France -French energy giant EDF has signed a deal with Russia’s Gazprom to join the consortium building the South Stream gas pipeline, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Friday.

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