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Suicide bomber kills 35 at Russia's biggest airport [VIDEO]

A suicide bomber killed at least 35 people at Russia's busiest airport on Monday, state TV said, in an attack on the capital that bore the hallmarks of militants fighting for an Islamist state in the North Caucasus region.

Moscow's main airport closed after overnight snow

Moscow's Domodedovo airport was closed and thousands of Muscovites were left without power on Sunday after a heavy overnight snowfall, the RIA Novosti news agency said.

Heat probably killed thousands in Moscow: scientist

Dmitry Solovyov Reuters 08/17/2010
Ex-Moscow mayor sends daughters to London for 'safety'

Yury Luzhkov, sensationally fired as Moscow's mayor in September, has sent his daughters to live and study in London as he fears for their safety should they remain in Russia, a report said on Sunday.

Heat probably killed thousands in Moscow: scientist

Several thousand Muscovites are thought to have died in July alone from this year's unprecedented heatwave and August could add more fatalities, a Russian scientist said on Tuesday.

Smog blankets Moscow on city's hottest day

Conor Humphries Alertnet 07/26/2010
Moscow chokes under a blanket of smog as wildfires rage out of control in Russian heatwave

These eerie pictures show the city of Moscow shrouded in dense smog today as wildfires that have killed 50 people nationwide continue to burn. Flights at international airports have been grounded and visibility in the capital is down to a few dozen yards as the fires continue to tear through forests and villages.

Smog blankets Moscow on city's hottest day

Moscow sweltered on Monday through its hottest day since records began 130 years ago, as temperatures hit 37.4 degrees Celsius (99.3 degrees Farenheit) sparking peat fires that blanketed the city in smog.

CoSTUME NATIONAL fashion designer has visited Moscow

Marina Podvigina Fashion Collection Moscow 06/10/2009
Female suicide bombers kill at least 37 on Moscow subway

At least 37 people were killed and 62 injured on Monday when two female suicide bombers detonated explosives on two crowded subway trains during the morning rush hour in Russia's capital, Moscow.

CoSTUME NATIONAL fashion designer has visited Moscow

World Fashion Channel has organized C’N’C CoSTUME NATIONAL fashion show in Moscow. Russian fashion magazine Fashion Collection was an Official Fashion Sponsor of the event.

Nuclear Arms, Afghanistan Top Agenda for U.S. Talks in Moscow

A top U.S. diplomat is in Moscow to seek cooperation on nuclear arms reduction and stabilizing Afghanistan as the Obama administration looks for ways to sidestep disputes and work with Russia.

Moscow uses US base as tool in wider negotiation

A standoff over an obscure air base in a Central Asian country few Americans could find on a map is an opening salvo in a new kind of Cold War with Russia.