Japan/ Russia: Tropical Storm Talim 20W 17/1500Z update from JTWC and others – Updated 17 Sep 2017 1547z (GMT/UTC)

 Tropical Storm Talim 20W

MAXIMUM SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT AT 171200Z IS 16 FEET – JTWC

(Please check comments at bottom of page for updates)

Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC)

Tropical Storm 20W (Talim) Warning #36
Issued at 17/1500Z

 

 

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WTPN31 PGTW 171500
MSGID/GENADMIN/JOINT TYPHOON WRNCEN PEARL HARBOR HI//
SUBJ/TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING//
RMKS/
1. TROPICAL STORM 20W (TALIM) WARNING NR 036
01 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONE IN NORTHWESTPAC
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE
WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY
—
WARNING POSITION:
171200Z — NEAR 34.1N 134.4E
MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS – 050 DEGREES AT 26 KTS
POSITION ACCURATE TO WITHIN 040 NM
POSITION BASED ON CENTER LOCATED BY A COMBINATION OF
SATELLITE, RADAR AND SYNOPTIC DATA
PRESENT WIND DISTRIBUTION:
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS – 055 KT, GUSTS 070 KT
WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY
BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL
RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS – 055 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT
090 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT
070 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT
040 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT
RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS – 180 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT
215 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT
155 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT
135 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT
REPEAT POSIT: 34.1N 134.4E
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FORECASTS:
12 HRS, VALID AT:
180000Z — 39.5N 139.1E
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS – 055 KT, GUSTS 070 KT
WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY
EXTRATROPICAL
RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS – 145 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT
140 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT
060 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT
040 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT
RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS – 320 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT
390 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT
190 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT
185 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT
VECTOR TO 24 HR POSIT: 025 DEG/ 29 KTS
—
24 HRS, VALID AT:
181200Z — 44.8N 142.6E
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS – 055 KT, GUSTS 070 KT
WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY
EXTRATROPICAL
RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS – 185 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT
165 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT
090 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT
055 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT
RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS – 350 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT
440 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT
220 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT
210 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT
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REMARKS:
171500Z POSITION NEAR 35.5N 135.6E.
TROPICAL STORM 20W (TALIM), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 115 NM EAST OF
IWAKUNI, JAPAN, HAS TRACKED NORTHEASTWARD AT 26 KNOTS OVER THE
PAST SIX HOURS.
MAXIMUM SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT AT 171200Z IS 16 FEET. NEXT
WARNINGS AT 172100Z, 180300Z AND 180900Z.//
NNNN

Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)

SOURCE: http://www.jma.go.jp/en/warn/

STS 1718 (Talim)
Issued at 14:45 UTC, 17 September 2017

<Analysis at 14 UTC, 17 September>
Scale	Large
Intensity	–
Center position	N35°20′ (35.3°)
	E135°40′ (135.7°)
Direction and speed of movement	NE 60 km/h (32 kt)
Central pressure	980 hPa
Maximum sustained wind speed	30 m/s (60 kt)
Maximum wind gust speed	45 m/s (85 kt)
≥ 50 kt wind area	SE 190 km (100 NM)
	NW 130 km (70 NM)
≥ 30 kt wind area	ALL 500 km (270 NM)
<Estimate for 15 UTC, 17 September>
Scale	Large
Intensity	–
Center position	N35°40′ (35.7°)
	E136°05′ (136.1°)
Direction and speed of movement	NE 60 km/h (32 kt)
Central pressure	980 hPa
Maximum sustained wind speed	30 m/s (60 kt)
Maximum wind gust speed	45 m/s (85 kt)
≥ 50 kt wind area	SE 190 km (100 NM)
	NW 130 km (70 NM)
≥ 30 kt wind area	ALL 500 km (270 NM)
<Forecast for 00 UTC, 18 September>
Intensity	–
Center position of probability circle	N40°40′ (40.7°)
	E139°25′ (139.4°)
Direction and speed of movement	NNE 60 km/h (33 kt)
Central pressure	975 hPa
Maximum sustained wind speed	30 m/s (60 kt)
Maximum wind gust speed	45 m/s (85 kt)
Radius of probability circle	70 km (40 NM)
Storm warning area	NE 410 km (220 NM)
	SW 220 km (120 NM)
<Forecast for 12 UTC, 18 September>
Intensity	–
	LOW
Center position of probability circle	N45°50′ (45.8°)
	E142°35′ (142.6°)
Direction and speed of movement	NNE 50 km/h (28 kt)
Central pressure	970 hPa
Maximum sustained wind speed	30 m/s (60 kt)
Maximum wind gust speed	45 m/s (85 kt)
Radius of probability circle	150 km (80 NM)
Storm warning area	E 600 km (325 NM)
	W 370 km (200 NM)

TROPICAL STORM RISK (TSR)

NW Pacific: Storm Alert issued at 17 Sep, 2017 12:00 GMT

Tropical Storm TALIM is currently located near 34.1 N 134.4 E with maximum 1-min sustained winds of 55kts (63 mph). TALIM is forecast to affect land to the following likelihood(s) at the given lead time(s):

Red Alert Country(s) or Province(s)
    Japan
        probability for CAT 1 or above is 35% currently
        probability for TS is 100% currently
Red Alert City(s) and Town(s)
    Tokushima (34.1 N, 134.6 E)
        probability for CAT 1 or above is 35% currently
        probability for TS is 100% currently

Yellow Alert Country(s) or Province(s)
    the Russian Federation
        probability for TS is 100% in about 24 hours
Yellow Alert City(s) and Town(s)
    Kanazawa (36.8 N, 136.8 E)
        probability for CAT 1 or above is 25% within 12 hours
        probability for TS is 100% within 12 hours
    Obama (35.4 N, 135.8 E)
        probability for CAT 1 or above is 30% within 12 hours
        probability for TS is 100% currently
    Nagoya (35.2 N, 136.9 E)
        probability for TS is 100% within 12 hours
    Shizuoka (35.0 N, 138.5 E)
        probability for TS is 100% within 12 hours
    Osaka (34.6 N, 135.5 E)
        probability for TS is 100% currently
    Shiono-misaki (33.5 N, 135.8 E)
        probability for TS is 100% currently
    Asahikawa (43.8 N, 142.4 E)
        probability for TS is 100% in about 24 hours
    Sapporo (43.1 N, 141.3 E)
        probability for TS is 100% within 12 hours
    Kushiro (43.0 N, 144.4 E)
        probability for TS is 100% in about 24 hours
    Aomori (40.8 N, 140.8 E)
        probability for TS is 100% within 12 hours
    Akita (39.8 N, 140.2 E)
        probability for TS is 100% within 12 hours
    Miyako (39.7 N, 141.9 E)
        probability for TS is 100% within 12 hours
    Sakata (39.0 N, 140.0 E)
        probability for TS is 100% within 12 hours
    Sendai (38.3 N, 140.9 E)
        probability for TS is 100% within 12 hours
    Niigata (37.8 N, 139.2 E)
        probability for CAT 1 or above is 10% within 12 hours
        probability for TS is 100% within 12 hours
    Iwaki (37.0 N, 140.8 E)
        probability for TS is 100% within 12 hours
    Tokyo (35.7 N, 139.8 E)
        probability for TS is 100% within 12 hours
    Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (47.0 N, 142.8 E)
        probability for TS is 100% in about 24 hours
    Hiroshima (34.4 N, 132.4 E)
        probability for TS is 95% currently
    Matsue (35.4 N, 133.0 E)
        probability for TS is 90% currently

Note that
Red Alert (Severe) is CAT 1 or above to between 31% and 100% probability.
Yellow Alert (Elevated) is CAT 1 or above to between 10% and 30% probability, or TS to above 50% probability.
CAT 1 means Typhoon strength winds of at least 74 mph, 119 km/h or 64 knots 1-min sustained.
TS means Tropical Storm strength winds of at least 39 mph, 63 km/h or 34 knots 1-min sustained.

For graphical forecast information and further details please visit http://www.tropicalstormrisk.com/

Russia

17.9.2017 16:00 | Day 18 September with saving until the end of the day in the Kaliningrad region, heavy rain is expected to wind up to 25 m/s.

17.9.2017 12:00 | On the night of September 18 in the Orenburg region expected freezing on soil (temperature to -2°).

16.9.2017 22:00 | Day 17 September and the first half of the night 18 September in the Irkutsk region precipitation (rain, wet snow), wind 18-23 m/s, storms, the establishment of a temporary snow cover.

16.9.2017 07:00 | 18 September in the South Kuril and Kuril regions expected strong winds up to 35-40 m/s (hurricane), strong, sometimes very heavy rain (15-49 mm, 50 mm or more for 12:00).

16.9.2017 07:00 | 18 September in southern Sakhalin and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk is expected to be very heavy rain (30 mm for 12:00), wind 25-30 m/s, gusts of 33-38 m/s (hurricane); 19 September in rivers podjomy water levels on the sharp 0.5 m -1.0.

16.9.2017 07:00 | 18 and 19 September night in the East of Primorsky Krai expected places heavy rain (15-45 mm for 12:00 or less), wind 15-20 m/s, on the coast with gusts up to 28 m/s.

“In Monday, when Typhoon Talim will move along the western coast of Japan on water area of the sea of Japan, it will have an impact on the weather, the eastern half of the Primorski Krai. Rains of varying intensity, on the East coast of possible heavy rains and strong winds to the 20-25 m/s.

Ex-Talim will bring on Sakhalin and southern Kuril Islands rain and wind up to 15-20 m/s In the zone Tuesday spread to Northern Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands. In Thursday afternoon in the southern area of the wind will die down, the Northern Islands will still windy.” – Russian National Forecaster (link)

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METAREA11 / TYPHOON_WARNING_JAPAN / 1800

WTJP21 RJTD 171200
WARNING 171200.
WARNING VALID 181200.
WARNING IS UPDATED EVERY 6 HOURS.
STORM WARNING.
SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 1718 TALIM (1718) 975 HPA
AT 34.4N 134.6E SHIKOKU MOVING NORTHEAST 26 KNOTS.
POSITION GOOD.
MAX WINDS 60 KNOTS.
RADIUS OF OVER 50 KNOT WINDS 100 MILES SOUTHEAST SEMICIRCLE AND 70
MILES ELSEWHERE.
RADIUS OF OVER 30 KNOT WINDS 270 MILES.
FORECAST POSITION FOR 180000UTC AT 40.7N 139.4E WITH 40 MILES RADIUS
OF 70 PERCENT PROBABILITY CIRCLE.
975 HPA, MAX WINDS 60 KNOTS.
FORECAST POSITION FOR 181200UTC AT 45.8N 142.6E WITH 80 MILES RADIUS
OF 70 PERCENT PROBABILITY CIRCLE.
970 HPA, MAX WINDS 60 KNOTS.
BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL LOW.

JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY.=

 

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Japan/ West Pacific: Typhoon SANVU 17W 311500Z position 28.1N 142.0E, moving N 07 kt (JTWC) – Updated 31 Aug 2017 1608z (GMT/UTC)

Typhoon Sanvu 17W

(= CATEGORY 1 Hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale)

MAXIMUM SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT AT 311200Z IS 28 FEET – JTWC

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Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC)

Typhoon 17W (Sanvu) Warning #13
Issued at 31/1500Z

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WTPN31 PGTW 311500
MSGID/GENADMIN/JOINT TYPHOON WRNCEN PEARL HARBOR HI//
SUBJ/TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING//
RMKS/
1. TYPHOON 17W (SANVU) WARNING NR 013
01 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONE IN NORTHWESTPAC
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE
WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY
—
WARNING POSITION:
311200Z — NEAR 27.9N 141.9E
MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS – 355 DEGREES AT 07 KTS
POSITION ACCURATE TO WITHIN 020 NM
POSITION BASED ON EYE FIXED BY SATELLITE
PRESENT WIND DISTRIBUTION:
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS – 075 KT, GUSTS 090 KT
WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY
RADIUS OF 064 KT WINDS – 035 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT
035 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT
035 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT
035 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT
RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS – 060 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT
060 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT
080 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT
095 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT
RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS – 215 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT
190 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT
160 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT
130 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT
REPEAT POSIT: 27.9N 141.9E
—
FORECASTS:
12 HRS, VALID AT:
010000Z — 28.7N 142.3E
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS – 085 KT, GUSTS 105 KT
WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY
RADIUS OF 064 KT WINDS – 030 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT
040 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT
040 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT
020 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT
RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS – 065 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT
065 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT
065 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT
060 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT
RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS – 200 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT
220 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT
200 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT
190 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT
VECTOR TO 24 HR POSIT: 050 DEG/ 07 KTS
—
24 HRS, VALID AT:
011200Z — 29.5N 143.5E
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS – 090 KT, GUSTS 110 KT
WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY
RADIUS OF 064 KT WINDS – 040 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT
045 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT
035 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT
025 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT
RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS – 075 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT
080 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT
080 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT
065 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT
RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS – 205 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT
220 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT
215 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT
255 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT
VECTOR TO 36 HR POSIT: 025 DEG/ 12 KTS
—
36 HRS, VALID AT:
020000Z — 31.7N 144.8E
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS – 085 KT, GUSTS 105 KT
WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY
RADIUS OF 064 KT WINDS – 055 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT
060 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT
035 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT
025 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT
RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS – 090 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT
100 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT
080 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT
070 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT
RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS – 215 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT
240 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT
215 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT
280 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT
VECTOR TO 48 HR POSIT: 020 DEG/ 22 KTS
—
EXTENDED OUTLOOK:
48 HRS, VALID AT:
021200Z — 35.8N 146.5E
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS – 080 KT, GUSTS 100 KT
WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY
BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL
RADIUS OF 064 KT WINDS – 065 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT
065 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT
045 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT
025 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT
RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS – 110 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT
120 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT
085 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT
075 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT
RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS – 235 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT
290 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT
230 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT
290 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT
VECTOR TO 72 HR POSIT: 015 DEG/ 28 KTS
—
72 HRS, VALID AT:
031200Z — 46.6N 150.3E
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS – 060 KT, GUSTS 075 KT
WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY
EXTRATROPICAL
RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS – 140 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT
160 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT
135 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT
155 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT
RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS – 305 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT
375 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT
330 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT
285 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT
—
REMARKS:
311500Z POSITION NEAR 28.1N 142.0E.
TYPHOON 17W (SANVU), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 51 NM NORTH-NORTHWEST
OF CHICHI JIMA, JAPAN, HAS TRACKED NORTHWARD AT 07 KNOTS OVER THE
PAST SIX HOURS. MAXIMUM SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT AT 311200Z IS 28
FEET. NEXT WARNINGS AT 312100Z, 010300Z, 010900Z AND 011500Z.//
NNNN

TY 1715 (Sanvu)
Issued at 13:50 UTC, 31 August 2017

<Analysis at 14 UTC, 31 August>
Scale	Large
Intensity	Strong
Center position	N27°50′ (27.8°)
	E141°55′ (141.9°)
Direction and speed of movement	N Slow
Central pressure	965 hPa
Maximum wind speed near center	35 m/s (65 kt)
Maximum wind gust speed	50 m/s (95 kt)
≥ 50 kt wind area	ALL 170 km (90 NM)
≥ 30 kt wind area	E 950 km (500 NM)
	W 500 km (270 NM)
Scale	Large
Intensity	Strong
Center position	N27°55′ (27.9°)
	E141°55′ (141.9°)
Direction and speed of movement	N Slow
Central pressure	965 hPa
Maximum wind speed near center	35 m/s (65 kt)
Maximum wind gust speed	50 m/s (95 kt)
≥ 50 kt wind area	ALL 170 km (90 NM)
≥ 30 kt wind area	E 950 km (500 NM)
	W 500 km (270 NM)
Intensity	Strong
Center position of probability circle	N28°10′ (28.2°)
	E142°55′ (142.9°)
Direction and speed of movement	NNE Slow
Central pressure	955 hPa
Maximum wind speed near center	35 m/s (70 kt)
Maximum wind gust speed	50 m/s (100 kt)
Radius of probability circle	60 km (30 NM)
Storm warning area	ALL 220 km (120 NM)
Intensity	Strong
Center position of probability circle	N28°35′ (28.6°)
	E143°10′ (143.2°)
Direction and speed of movement	NNE Slow
Central pressure	950 hPa
Maximum wind speed near center	40 m/s (75 kt)
Maximum wind gust speed	55 m/s (105 kt)
Radius of probability circle	110 km (60 NM)
Storm warning area	ALL 280 km (150 NM)
Intensity	Strong
Center position of probability circle	N33°20′ (33.3°)
	E146°10′ (146.2°)
Direction and speed of movement	NNE 25 km/h (14 kt)
Central pressure	950 hPa
Maximum wind speed near center	40 m/s (75 kt)
Maximum wind gust speed	55 m/s (105 kt)
Radius of probability circle	280 km (150 NM)
Storm warning area	ALL 440 km (240 NM)
Intensity	–
	LOW
Center position of probability circle	N45°00′ (45.0°)
	E150°10′ (150.2°)
Direction and speed of movement	N 55 km/h (30 kt)
Central pressure	970 hPa
Maximum sustained wind speed	25 m/s (50 kt)
Maximum wind gust speed	35 m/s (70 kt)
Radius of probability circle	410 km (220 NM)

NW Pacific: Storm Alert issued at 31 Aug, 2017 12:00 GMT

Typhoon SANVU is currently located near 27.9 N 141.9 E with maximum 1-min sustained winds of 75 kts (86 mph). SANVU is a category 1 storm on the Saffir Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. SANVU is forecast to affect land to the following likelihood(s) at the given lead time(s):

 

Yellow Alert Country(s) or Province(s)
Japan
probability for TS is 85% in about 72 hours
Yellow Alert City(s) and Town(s)
Kushiro (43.0 N, 144.4 E)
probability for TS is 70% in about 72 hours

Green Alert Country(s) or Province(s)
the Russian Federation
probability for TS is 40% in about 72 hours
Green Alert City(s) and Town(s)
Miyako (39.7 N, 141.9 E)
probability for TS is 45% in about 72 hours
Iwaki (37.0 N, 140.8 E)
probability for TS is 40% in about 48 hours
Sendai (38.3 N, 140.9 E)
probability for TS is 35% in about 48 hours

Note that
Yellow Alert (Elevated) is CAT 1 or above to between 10% and 30% probability, or TS to above 50% probability.
Green Alert (Low) is TS to between 31% and 50% probability.
CAT 1 means Typhoon strength winds of at least 74 mph, 119 km/h or 64 knots 1-min sustained.
TS means Tropical Storm strength winds of at least 39 mph, 63 km/h or 34 knots 1-min sustained.

For graphical forecast information and further details please visit http://www.tropicalstormrisk.com/

(Image: TSR)

(Image: TSR)

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METAREA11 / TYPHOON_WARNING_JAPAN / 1500
WTJP31 RJTD 311500
WARNING 311500.
WARNING VALID 011500.
TYPHOON WARNING.
TYPHOON 1715 SANVU (1715) 965 HPA
AT 27.9N 141.6E OGASAWARA SHOTO MOVING NORTHNORTHWEST SLOWLY.
POSITION FAIR.
MAX WINDS 65 KNOTS NEAR CENTER.
RADIUS OF OVER 50 KNOT WINDS 90 MILES.
RADIUS OF OVER 30 KNOT WINDS 500 MILES EAST SEMICIRCLE AND 270 MILES
ELSEWHERE.
FORECAST POSITION FOR 010300UTC AT 27.8N 142.5E WITH 30 MILES RADIUS
OF 70 PERCENT PROBABILITY CIRCLE.
955 HPA, MAX WINDS 70 KNOTS NEAR CENTER.
FORECAST POSITION FOR 011500UTC AT 28.5N 143.4E WITH 60 MILES RADIUS
OF 70 PERCENT PROBABILITY CIRCLE.
950 HPA, MAX WINDS 75 KNOTS NEAR CENTER.

JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY.=

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Russia: Chechnya police order parents to kill their gay children or ‘we’ll do it for you’ – Published 03 May 2017 2010z (GMT/UTC)

Gay men and children face persecution as part of an anti-LGBT purge in the Russian region.

• 

  By Lydia Smith

  Updated May 3, 2017 11:53 BST

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/videos/embed/24391

“Chechen authorities have reportedly instructed parents to kill their gay children, according to an account told by a survivor.

The individual, who escaped one of the LGBT prison camps in the southern Russian region of Chechnya, told France 24 that parents had been told to “sort it out” or risk persecution and death at the hands of the authorities.

“They tell the parents to kill their child. They say, ‘Either you do it, or we will,'” he said, speaking anonymously. “They call it: ‘Cleaning your honour with blood.’

“They tortured a man for two weeks [then] they summoned his parents and brothers who all came.

“The authorities said to them: ‘Your son is a homosexual – sort it out or we’ll do it ourselves’.”

The victim added: “We’ve always been persecuted, but never like this.

“Now they arrest everyone. They kill people, they do whatever they want.”

Hundreds of gay men are being abducted, tortured and killed in an anti-LGBT purge in the conservative republic.” – IBT

See the full story  here: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/chechnya-police-order-parents-kill-their-gay-children-well-do-it-you-1619763

 

Russia: 7,000+ fight massive Siberia wildfires – nearly 100 homes and social facilities burned (Vesti) – Published 28 Apr 2017 1920z (GMT/UTC)

(Images: Vesti)

“FEMA and the Department of Defense stepped up in Siberia, where Raging wildfires.

Now in the Federal District with fire fighting more than 7 thousand people and 2 thousand units. In a region already transferred aviation: aircraft IL-76 and “amphibian be-200. At any time to help firefighters ready to come over 25 000 soldiers from the reserve of the Ministry of defence. The military also provided nearly three dozen Army helicopters for aerial reconnaissance.

Fight fire with rescue workers hampered by weather, reports tv channel “Russia 24”. Strong wind provokes new ignition. The fire covered thousands of hectares of forest, including — near human settlements.

In hazardous areas remain towns in Irkutsk oblast and Buryatia. On the eve there already burned nearly 100 homes and social facilities. The fire has so far sent to relatives in hotels and temporary accommodation. For people organized a gathering of aid they will receive compensation. Regional authorities have promised to provide victims new housing or materials for the construction of houses” – Vesti (Translated by Bing) April 30, 2017 06:10

However Russia’s EMERCOM (April 30, 2017 08:01) stated that ther wildfire situation in Krasnoyarsk Territory is under control – all settlements are safe 

“The Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov has conducted a meeting of the Governmental Emergency Response Committee dedicated to fire safety in the Siberian Federal District.

It was mentioned that by decision of the Governmental Commission, the Emergency Situation mode of operation was enabled in all constituent territories of Siberia and special fire fighting regime was enabled in many municipalities.

“from 25 to 28 April, more than 2000 fires were put out by joint efforts of the Federal and regional fire departments, patrol groups of the municipalities and other services. More than 150 settlements in 22 municipalities were saved from fires”, pointed out Vladimir Puchkov.

Fire fighters and especially “The Institute of Village Elders” actively instruct population on fire safety. More than 95% of fires that occurred in KrasnoyarskTerritory were taken under control within the first day.

More than 700 administrative infractions for dry grass burning and campfire building were given by the Emergencies Ministry’s specialists in KrasnoyarskTerritory since beginning of 2017. Forestry workers already fined more than 3.7 million rubles.

The First Deputy Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the Chairman of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Government, Viktor Tomenko reported that since 25 April the region experiences heat wave with strong wind gusting. The situation is the same, as in Khakassia in 2015, where people died due in major fires. Since 20 April special fire fighting regime was enabled in KrasnoyarskTerritory.

“Despite all taken preventive measures we detected several major violation of the regime by citizens. Due to casual handling of fire, nine houses were destroyed in 5 settlements of three municipalities”, said Viktor Tomenko. 15 people lost their houses. Nobody was killed or injured. According to Tomenko, all payments will be carried out from the regional budget and assistance from the federal budget is not required.

While mentioning forest fires, the Vice-Governor pointed out that these fires have no threat to settlements.

Despite this, a ground force consisting of more than 27,000 people and 1,500 units of equipment was created to protect the settlements in KrasnoyarskTerritory.

According to daily monitoring, the air is nor contaminated and there is no threat to health of KrasnoyarskTerritory residents.

“We completed the most important objective – we prevented human casualties. According to order of the Russian President Vladimir Putin we carry out comprehensive preventive efforts, provide aid and support to every affected person. All affected families must immediately receive compensations. I ask all social workers to take such cases under special control and help people to draft necessary documents”, pointed out Vladimir Puchkov.

The Emergencies Minister also pointed out that many people will leave towns for May Holidays. For that reason, it is necessary to organize additional efforts and protect all recreational sites. Vladimir Puchkov underlined that as a lot of people will go to their summer residences from towns, the motorways may get overloaded and he ordered Traffic Police to check once again preparedness of roads.

“We must not forget that spring flood is still ongoing and that requires additional work and preventive efforts. On one hand, wildfire risks are gradually decreasing, while on the other a lot of people leaving towns for holidays, skyrocketing these risks”, said the Minister.

Vladimir Puchkov also asked KrasnoyarskTerritory to assist Buryatia and Irkutsk Region in combating wildfires.

“KrasnoyarskTerritory has powerful group of personnel, this is why I ask you to organize cooperation with border constituents, such as Buryatia and Irkutsk Region that have adverse wildfire situation and unfavorable weather forecasts, provide necessary aid to stop fire spreading towards KrasnoyarskTerritory. Aircraft and ground forces are already fight fires there”, said Vladimir Puchkov.”

Source: http://en.mchs.ru/

Russia: UK Minister condemns persecution of LGBT community in Chechnya – Published 12 Apr 2017 1835z (GMT/UTC)

Baroness Anelay calls on Russia to investigate mass detention of gay men in Chechnya and ensure the perpetrators are brought to justice.

Reports from international human rights organisations suggest that over 100 gay men have recently been detained in Chechnya, with some reports suggesting that at least three have been killed and many have been tortured.

Baroness Anelay said:

The detention and ill-treatment of over 100 gay men in Chechnya is extremely concerning. Reports have also suggested that at least three of these men have been killed. The statement by the regional Government, implying that such treatment towards LGBT people is acceptable, is particularly abhorrent. We condemn any and all persecution, and call on the authorities to promptly investigate and ensure that perpetrators of human rights abuses are brought to justice.

The human rights situation for LGBT people in Russia has deteriorated significantly in recent years and we continue to voice our serious concern with Russian authorities at all levels. Russia’s international human rights obligations require them to protect citizens who may be at risk of persecution. We expect the Russian government to fulfill its obligations to this end, and to uphold the rule of law.

Related:

Chechnya opens Concentration Camps for homosexuals – Report (Reblogged from @76Crimes)

#LGBT+ #Journo #Gay #Journalism #Press #Russia #News/ #Chechnya threatens journalists for reporting mass arrests https://t.co/gmABvamjap

— GOATY’S NEWS (UK) (@Goatys_News) April 15, 2017

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She broke the story of Chechnya’s anti-gay purge. Now, she says she has to flee Russia https://t.co/fmQ2wqAmI9

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 16, 2017

Chechnya President Fires Back at Reports That a ‘Purge’ of Gay Men is Underway https://t.co/EqliyYHx9R pic.twitter.com/WfinBaI9Jm

— Towleroad (@tlrd) April 17, 2017

#Russia denies #gay men are being tortured and killed in #Chechnya. #LGBT+ #Homophobia #News https://t.co/6eihuGX4V0

— GOATY’S NEWS (UK) (@Goatys_News) April 20, 2017

 

Kyushu/ Japan/ South Korea: Typhoon Goni (16W) 24/1500Z 30.5N 129.5E, moving NNE at 20 knots (JMA) – Updated 24 Aug 2015 1725Z (GMT/UTC)

Typhoon Goni / Ineng 16W

( = CATEGORY 3 Hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale)

MAXIMUM SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT AT 241200Z IS 40 FEET- JTWC

Okinawa, Kyushu, JAPAN BEWARE!!

 Taiwan, South Korea, North Korea, Russia & China be aware!

Landfall over Kyushu is expected close to midnight tonight UK time (2300 GMT/UTC)

– UK Met Office

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(Image: wunderground.com) Satellite

Tropical cyclones do not necessarily move along the lines
connecting the centers of probability circles.
Unit:
1KT(knot) = 1.852 km/h = 0.5144 m/s
1NM(nautical mile) = 1.852 km

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TY 1515 (GONI)
Issued at 16:45 UTC, 24 August 2015

<Analyses at 24/16 UTC>
Scale	–
Intensity	Very Strong
Center position	N30°50′(30.8°)
	E129°35′(129.6°)
Direction and speed of movement	NNE 35km/h(20kt)
Central pressure	940hPa
Maximum wind speed near the center	50m/s(95kt)
Maximum wind gust speed	70m/s(135kt)
Area of 50kt winds or more	SE170km(90NM)
	NW90km(50NM)
Area of 30kt winds or more	ALL460km(250NM)
<Estimate for 24/17 UTC>
Scale	–
Intensity	Very Strong
Center position	N31°05′(31.1°)
	E129°50′(129.8°)
Direction and speed of movement	NNE 35km/h(20kt)
Central pressure	940hPa
Maximum wind speed near the center	50m/s(95kt)
Maximum wind gust speed	70m/s(135kt)
Area of 50kt winds or more	SE170km(90NM)
	NW90km(50NM)
Area of 30kt winds or more	ALL460km(250NM)
<Forecast for 24/21 UTC>
Intensity	Very Strong
Center position of probability circle	N32°25′(32.4°)
	E130°20′(130.3°)
Direction and speed of movement	NNE 35km/h(20kt)
Central pressure	950hPa
Maximum wind speed near the center	45m/s(85kt)
Maximum wind gust speed	60m/s(120kt)
Radius of probability circle	60km(30NM)
Storm warning area	SE200km(110NM)
	NW140km(75NM)
<Forecast for 25/03 UTC>
Intensity	Strong
Center position of probability circle	N34°35′(34.6°)
	E131°00′(131.0°)
Direction and speed of movement	NNE 35km/h(20kt)
Central pressure	965hPa
Maximum wind speed near the center	35m/s(70kt)
Maximum wind gust speed	50m/s(100kt)
Radius of probability circle	90km(50NM)
Storm warning area	SE220km(120NM)
	NW170km(90NM)
<Forecast for 25/09 UTC>
Intensity	Strong
Center position of probability circle	N35°50′(35.8°)
	E131°25′(131.4°)
Direction and speed of movement	N 30km/h(17kt)
Central pressure	970hPa
Maximum wind speed near the center	35m/s(65kt)
Maximum wind gust speed	50m/s(95kt)
Radius of probability circle	130km(70NM)
Storm warning area	SE240km(130NM)
	NW190km(100NM)
<Forecast for 25/15 UTC>
Intensity	–
Center position of probability circle	N36°55′(36.9°)
	E131°35′(131.6°)
Direction and speed of movement	N 25km/h(13kt)
Central pressure	975hPa
Maximum wind speed near the center	30m/s(60kt)
Maximum wind gust speed	45m/s(85kt)
Radius of probability circle	160km(85NM)
Storm warning area	SE240km(130NM)
	NW200km(110NM)

Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC)

Typhoon 16W (Goni) Warning #43
Issued at 24/1500Z

Google Earth Graphic Overlay

WTPN31 PGTW 241500
MSGID/GENADMIN/JOINT TYPHOON WRNCEN PEARL HARBOR HI//
SUBJ/TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING//
RMKS/
1. TYPHOON 16W (GONI) WARNING NR 043
02 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES IN NORTHWESTPAC
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE
WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY
—
WARNING POSITION:
241200Z — NEAR 29.6N 128.8E
MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS – 035 DEGREES AT 22 KTS
POSITION ACCURATE TO WITHIN 015 NM
POSITION BASED ON EYE FIXED BY SATELLITE
PRESENT WIND DISTRIBUTION:
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS – 110 KT, GUSTS 135 KT
WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY
RADIUS OF 064 KT WINDS – 040 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT
040 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT
025 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT
025 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT
RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS – 065 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT
060 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT
045 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT
045 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT
RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS – 140 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT
150 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT
100 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT
090 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT
REPEAT POSIT: 29.6N 128.8E
—
FORECASTS:
12 HRS, VALID AT:
250000Z — 33.1N 130.4E
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS – 090 KT, GUSTS 110 KT
WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY
VECTOR TO 24 HR POSIT: 015 DEG/ 16 KTS
—
24 HRS, VALID AT:
251200Z — 36.2N 131.3E
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS – 065 KT, GUSTS 080 KT
WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY
BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL
RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS – 040 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT
030 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT
030 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT
035 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT
RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS – 095 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT
085 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT
080 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT
085 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT
VECTOR TO 36 HR POSIT: 010 DEG/ 14 KTS
—
36 HRS, VALID AT:
260000Z — 38.9N 131.8E
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS – 045 KT, GUSTS 055 KT
WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY
BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL
RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS – 075 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT
075 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT
060 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT
055 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT
VECTOR TO 48 HR POSIT: 355 DEG/ 16 KTS
—
EXTENDED OUTLOOK:
48 HRS, VALID AT:
261200Z — 42.0N 131.3E
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS – 030 KT, GUSTS 040 KT
WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY
EXTRATROPICAL
—
REMARKS:
241500Z POSITION NEAR 30.5N 129.2E.
TYPHOON 16W (GONI), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 215 NM SOUTH-SOUTHWEST
OF SASEBO, JAPAN, HAS TRACKED NORTHEASTWARD AT 22 KNOTS OVER THE
PAST SIX HOURS. MAXIMUM SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT AT 241200Z IS 40
FEET. NEXT WARNINGS AT 242100Z, 250300Z, 250900Z AND 251500Z.
REFER TO TROPICAL STORM 17W (ATSANI) WARNINGS (WTPN32 PGTW)
FOR SIX-HOURLY UPDATES.//
NNNN
Prognostic Reasoning

TSR NW Pacific: Storm Alert issued at 24 Aug, 2015 12:00 GMT

Typhoon GONI (16W) currently located near 29.6 N 128.8 E is forecast to strike land to the following likelihood(s) at the given lead time(s):

Red Alert Country(s) or Province(s)
    Japan
        probability for CAT 1 or above is 85% within 12 hours
        probability for TS is 100% within 12 hours
Red Alert City(s) and Town(s)
    Nagasaki (32.8 N, 129.9 E)
        probability for CAT 1 or above is 75% within 12 hours
        probability for TS is 100% within 12 hours
    Saga (33.3 N, 130.3 E)
        probability for CAT 1 or above is 70% within 12 hours
        probability for TS is 100% within 12 hours
    Kumamoto (32.7 N, 130.7 E)
        probability for CAT 1 or above is 70% within 12 hours
        probability for TS is 100% within 12 hours
    Kagoshima (31.5 N, 130.5 E)
        probability for CAT 1 or above is 70% within 12 hours
        probability for TS is 100% within 12 hours
    Fukuoka (33.6 N, 130.4 E)
        probability for CAT 1 or above is 50% within 12 hours
        probability for TS is 100% within 12 hours

Yellow Alert Country(s) or Province(s)
    South Korea
        probability for TS is 65% in about 24 hours
Yellow Alert City(s) and Town(s)
    Hiroshima (34.4 N, 132.4 E)
        probability for TS is 70% in about 24 hours

Note that
Red Alert (Severe) is CAT 1 or above to between 31% and 100% probability.
Yellow Alert (Elevated) is CAT 1 or above to between 10% and 30% probability, or TS to above 50% probability.
CAT 1 means Typhoon strength winds of at least 74 mph, 119 km/h or 64 knots 1-min sustained.
TS means Tropical Storm strength winds of at least 39 mph, 63 km/h or 34 knots 1-min sustained.

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Typhoon Goni set for landfall over Japan – UK Met Office

24 August 2015 – The very active typhoon season in the Pacific Ocean has continued with intense typhoons Goni and Atsani tracking across the ocean during the last week

Whilst Atsani has stayed out at sea, Goni moved very close to the northern tip of the Philippines before making a sharp turn northwards. The typhoon then passed close to Taiwan before starting to move across the Ryukyu Islands of Japan. On Sunday the eye of Typhoon Goni passed over the island of Ishigaki with wind gusts of over 150 mph being recorded.

Goni is still a powerful typhoon as it accelerates north-eastwards towards south-western parts of mainland Japan. Landfall over Kyushu is expected close to midnight tonight UK time (2300 GMT/UTC) . Wind speeds in excess of 100 mph and heavy rain is expected bringing the risk of structural damage, damaging waves, flooding and landslides.

Typhoons Goni and Atsani on 20 August 2015. Image courtesy of The National Institute of Informatics 

The latest typhoons are part of an extremely active season for tropical cyclones across the whole Pacific Ocean brought about by the developing strong El Niño. In total there have been 28 tropical storms across the northern Pacific this year which includes 18 typhoons or hurricanes (different names for the same features in the west and east Pacific). 13 of the typhoons or hurricanes have been strong enough to be classified as ‘major’ on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.

Meanwhile the Atlantic has been relatively quiet with just four tropical cyclones so far this season. However, in the last few days Danny became the first hurricane of the season and, despite being downgraded to a tropical storm, is bringing windy and wet conditions to the Leeward Islands of the Caribbean.

Official warnings for the latest tropical cyclones in the western North Pacific are produced by the Japan Meteorological Agency. The Met Office routinely supplies predictions of cyclone tracks from its global forecast model to regional meteorological centres worldwide, which are used along with guidance from other models in the production of forecasts and guidance. We also provide updates on current tropical storms via on Twitter.

Last updated: 24 August 2015

MARITIME/ SHIPPING

METAREA11 / TYPHOON_WARNING_JAPAN / 241500

WTJP31 RJTD 241500
WARNING 241500.
WARNING VALID 251500.
TYPHOON WARNING.
TYPHOON 1515 GONI (1515) 940 HPA
AT 30.5N 129.5E EAST CHINA SEA MOVING NORTHNORTHEAST 20 KNOTS.
POSITION GOOD.
MAX WINDS 95 KNOTS NEAR CENTER.
RADIUS OF OVER 50 KNOT WINDS 90 MILES SOUTHEAST SEMICIRCLE AND 50
MILES ELSEWHERE.
RADIUS OF OVER 30 KNOT WINDS 210 MILES SOUTHEAST SEMICIRCLE AND 150
MILES ELSEWHERE.
FORECAST POSITION FOR 250300UTC AT 34.6N 131.0E WITH 50 MILES RADIUS
OF 70 PERCENT PROBABILITY CIRCLE.
965 HPA, MAX WINDS 70 KNOTS NEAR CENTER.
FORECAST POSITION FOR 251500UTC AT 36.9N 131.6E WITH 85 MILES RADIUS
OF 70 PERCENT PROBABILITY CIRCLE.
975 HPA, MAX WINDS 60 KNOTS NEAR CENTER.

JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY..=

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Europe: Very dangerous weather – ESTOFEX Storm Forecast: LEVEL 3! for parts of POLAND and W BELARUS Damaging wind gusts, large and very hail, excessive precipitation and SIGNIFICANT TORNADO EVENT. – Published 190715 1216z

Storm Forecast

Storm Forecast
Valid: Sun 19 Jul 2015 06:00 to Mon 20 Jul 2015 06:00 UTC
Issued: Sun 19 Jul 2015 00:01
Forecaster: TASZAREK

A level 3 was issued for parts of Poland and W Belarus mainly for the damaging wind gusts, large and very hail, excessive precipitation and significant tornado event.

A level 2 was issued for parts of Germany, Poland, Belarus, NW Ukraine and N Czech Republic mainly for the severe wind gusts, large hail, tornadoes and excessive precipitation.

A level 1 was issued for parts of S Finland and parts of Russia mainly for the large hail and severe wind gusts.

A level 1 was issued for parts of UK, Netherlands, S Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, N Italy, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, W Hungary, Belarus and NW Ukraine mainly for the large hail, severe wind gusts and excessive precipitation.

A level 1 was issued for NE Spain mainly for the large hail and excessive precipitation.

SYNOPSIS

Most of the Central, SW, S and SE Europe is covered with highly unstable warm and moist tropical air mass with dew points up to 20C. A ridge extending from Azores up to Iberian Peninsula inhibits convection in this region. Strong capping inversions are also present in the Apennine and most of the Balkan Peninsula. Weakening high is places over Black Sea while the numerous troughs are located over British Isles, Scandinavia and N Russia. Jet streak separating polar and tropical air mass is stretching from the N Atlantic trough England, N Germany and Poland up to Russia. Within this jet, a short-wave with thermal low is predicted to provide a good overlap of instability, moisture, lift and wind shear over parts of Germany, Poland and Belarus.

DISCUSSION

…Germany, Poland, Belarus, NW Ukraine…

Particularly severe weather is expected in the afternoon hours within the shortwave that will pass these countries in the forecast period and provide the great source of lifting mechanism. An overlap of SB CAPE exceeding 1000-2000 J/kg and DLS over 20-25 m/s in the large area extending from central Germany up to Poland is expected to produce widespread severe weather. Around noon, convection should start over Germany and most likely in the form of the supercell thunderstorms produce damaging wind gusts and large to very large hail. An increased 0-1km SRH over 100 m2/s2 and LLS exceeding 10 m/s cannot rule out tornado occurrence within these cells. In the afternoon hours CI should also take place in W Poland. Since these cells will form in the highly unstable (1500-2000 J/kg) and strongly sheared environment (DLS ~ 25 m/s, MLS ~ 20 m/s, LLS ~ 15 m/s, 0-3km SRH up to 300 m2/s2) with the support of the QG lift, an organized squall line is likely to form. It is likely that such a squall line will contain bow echos and the wind gusts within these may exceed 33 m/s. The transformation into derecho cannot be ruled out. Level 3 denote the area where according to the current understanding and NWP data the movement of this line is the most probable. However, models are not consistent with the direction of the MCS movement, some of them predicts propagation of the squall line to the Belarus, while some of them shifts the system more to the warm air mass. It is possible that an early-hours convection that will pass through N Poland may provide conditions more conducive for MCS turning more to the S. Due to these uncertainties, both scenarios are partially included in the level 3 area. Although the main threat are damaging wind gusts, conditions in the late afternoon hours (when the relative humidity will drop and thus the LCL) will be conducive for tornadoes, especially in the E Poland. An impressive overlap of 0-1km SRH ~ 400 m2/s2 with LLS ~ 12.5 m/s and CAPE ~ 1000 J/kg may result in a significant tornado event if isolated or embedded supercells will be present. These may be possible in the southern flank of the squall line. Within these storms very large hail is also possible. It is predicted that the MCS will enter Belarus and parts of Ukraine in the late evening hours and weaken, but still will be capable of producing severe wind gusts. If derecho will form, the system may be capable of producing damaging wind gusts also in the late evening hours, therefore level 3 is also extended to the parts of Belarus further east. Extreme values of PW (40-45 mm) may also result in a large precipitation amounts on the track of the MCS.

…parts of UK, Denmark, Netherlands, N Germany, Baltic Sea…

Although models predicts very large DLS over these areas (25-30 m/s) they are not as consistent with thermodynamic instability. Thunderstorms that will form within the short-wave may become supercells and create threat for the large hail and severe wind gusts. However, due to limited thermodynamic instability, limited boundary layers moisture content and rather low-topped convection, such a threat deserves only level 1.

…Germany, Switzerland, N Italy, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, W Hungary, Belarus and NW Ukraine…

Locally enhanced DLS up to 15 m/s with CAPE up to 2000-2500 J/kg and rich boundary layer’s moisture (mixing ratio up to 12-13 g/kg) create threat for multicell and supercell thunderstorms where severe wind gusts and large hail are likely. DMC is forecast to start around noon and the storms should weaken in the late evening hours. In the areas where the storm motion is predicted to be very low (DLS below 10 m/s) excessive precipitation and local flash flooding cannot be ruled out, especially in the NW parts of the Italy.

…S Finland, parts of Russia…

Favorable overlap of DLS around 20 m/s and CAPE up to 400-600 J/kg create threat for supercell thunderstorms and thus severe wind gusts and large hail. Uncertainty related to CI, low thermodynamic instability, limited boundary layer’s moisture content and narrow zone where the CAPE overlaps with the favorable shear makes the threat marginal. The highest threat for the occurrence of severe weather falls on the early afternoon hours.

…NE Spain…

Low-level inflow of impressive rich boundary layer’s moisture content (mixing ratios up to 16-18 g/kg) overlapping with steep lapse rates (~ 7 C/km) locally will enhance CAPE values to 2000-2500 J/kg. If thunderstorms will be able to get through the cap, they may be capable of producing large hail. Since the storm motion in this area is predicted to be very low, given the high moisture content excessive precipitation cannot be ruled out.

END

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Mesoscale Discussion

Mesoscale Discussion
Valid: Sun 19 Jul 2015 11:00 to Sun 19 Jul 2015 14:00 UTC
Issued: Sun 19 Jul 2015 11:51
Forecaster: GROENEMEIJER

At 11 UTC a warm front was located along a line from near Leipzig to Poznan to Warsaw. An MCS / area of convective rain over NE Germany has created an outflow boundary that stretches from Berlin to Leipzig.

Along the warm front distinct surface convergence is taking place and low-level humidity is rather high with 18-21 C observed dew points. With 26-30 C surface temperatures, around 1000 – 1500 J/kg of MLCAPE should already be in place.

The Bayreuth, Lindenberg and Doksany profilers and Poznan radar confirm that 20-25 m/s WSW winds are in place at 3-4 km AGL, implying that strong to very strong wind shear is present.

Storms, probably elevated have formed in the Leipzig area and further south across the Czech Republic. It is expected that these storms will move eastward and become surface based. It is possible that storms will rather rapidly develop into a squall-line and that the wind risk will increase rather quickly.

In addition, more storms may form further to the east along the warm front after 13 UTC. Any isolated storms that manage to form will quickly turn into powerful supercells with a risk of large hail and severe wind gusts.

The high (about 300 m2/s2) SREH and anticipated strengthening low-level shear that is in place along and slightly to the north of the warm front suggests that tornadoes cannot be ruled out. However, in most places, the LCL height is rather high for tornadoes with T/Td spreads around 10 C, limiting this risk. An exception is a small area along the warm front where prior rainfall occurrs before the arrival of storms, cooling and moistening the boundary layer.

END

Russia (Siberia): Khakassia wildfires leave at least 4 dead, 73 injured. Approx 100 houses in 21 villages on fire – Published 120415 1520z (GMT/UTC)

The government of a Siberian region reports that more than 70 people have been injured by agricultural fires that got out of control and swept through more than 20 towns and villages.

The fires were started by farmers burning the grass in their fields and they spread quickly because of strong winds. The government of Khakassia, a region in southeastern Siberia, has called on all residents to help put out the fires, which on Sunday destroyed 118 homes in 21 towns and villages.

The Defense Ministry and Emergencies Ministry said they were sending aircraft to help fight the fires. The state RIA Novosti news agency, quoting an Emergencies Ministry official, reported that firefighters were hampered by a shortage of water since the reservoirs were still covered with ice.

Sunday, 12 April, 2015 at 14:35 (02:35 PM) UTC RSOE

Press Reports

Two people died and 70 were hurt as a wildfire in Siberia caused by the burning of dry grass threatened villages, Russian officials said Sunday.

“Over 70 people asked for medical help, and two people died” as a fire raged in the Khakassia region of southern Siberia, the regional government said.

The emergency ministry said that they are using a plane, three fire trains and over 5,000 people to control the fire, but that strong winds are making this impossible.

“Over 100 houses in 21 villages are on fire,” the ministry said.

Two people were reported dead although authorities said the toll was “preliminary” until the exact cause of their deaths could be determined.

They called on “residents of the region to battle the fire, which began because of residents themselves after uncontrolled grass burning,” the ministry said on its website.

Spring and autumn burning of dry grass regularly results in massive wildfires that often cause extensive damage to homes and human life.

Wildfires in Russia in 2010 killed at least 60 people, destroyed over 3,000 homes and left Moscow shrouded in smoke. In 2012, fire destroyed 10 million hectares of Siberian forest, according to environmental groups.” – naharnet.com

Four killed by wildfires in Russia’s Siberia: TASS

“(Reuters) – Four people have been killed by wildfires raging though the grasslands of Russia’s Khakassia republic in southern Siberia, the TASS news agency reported on Sunday.

More than 20 villages and towns have been damaged by the fires that have been burning for several days in dry and windy weather, the Emergency Ministry said. Seventy-three people have suffered burns or smoke inhalation.

Two planes and a helicopter have been deployed, along with more than 1,000 firefighters.

Environmental activists say the occurrence of grassland wildfires in Russia has increased in recent years for various reasons, including rising temperatures.

(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; Editing by Robin Pomeroy) ” – reuters.com

Europe: Very dangerous weather – ESTOFEX Storm Forecast: LEVEL 3! for NW France & BENELUX for very large hail, damaging wind gusts, tornadoes & excessive precipitation – Published 080614 2310z

THIS INFORMATION IS NO LONGER VALID

ESTOFEX Storm Forecast

Storm Forecast
Valid: Mon 09 Jun 2014 06:00 to Tue 10 Jun 2014 06:00 UTC
Issued: Sun 08 Jun 2014 22:31
Forecaster: PUCIK

A level 3 was issued for NW France and BENELUX for very large hail, damaging wind gusts, tornadoes and excessive precipitation.

A level 2 was issued for much of France and NW Germany mainly for very large hail and damaging wind gusts.

A level 1 was issued for England mainly for severe wind gusts and large hail.

A level 1 was issued for E Germany and Poland mainly for large hail and severe wind gusts.

A level 1 was issued for parts of Russia and Ukraine mainly for large hail and severe wind gusts.

SYNOPSIS

In between of the deep low over the Atlantic and the ridge over Central Europe, strong southerly to southwesterly flow will advect hot airmass characterised by steep mid-level lapse rates from N Africa towards France, Germany and then around the ridge towards Poland. Potentially dangerous situation will evolve over France, BENELUX and NW Germany just ahead of the diffuse, wavy frontal boundary that will remain quasistationary close to French coastline during the most of the day. Another low will slowly dig SE-wards across NW Russia. Moderate to strong NW-ly flow is simulated at its southwestern flank. With prevailing low geopotentials over much of Eastern Europe, so scattered DMC is expected also there, albeit severe threat will be smaller than in case of France / BENELUX.

DISCUSSION

… France towards BENELUX and NW Germany …

Very dangerous setup will develop over the region by the late afternoon hours. With pronounced overlap of low-level moisture and steep mid-tropospheric lapse rates, models agree on the development of high to extreme CAPE values, with Central France towards BENELUX and NW Germany having the highest odds of seeing 3000 J/kg of MLCAPE by the late evening. As 500 hPa winds between 15 to 25 m/s overlap with backed low-level flow thanks to the presence of the surface trough, strong DLS (20-25 m/s) is forecast. By the late evening, with the enhancement of the low-level wind field with deepening trough, SREH values will increase especially over NW France / BENELUX (with values over 300 m2/s2 possible). Such setup will be very conducive for intense supercells / bow-echoes, capable of very large hail and damaging wind gusts. Towards the evening (beyond 18 UTC), as LLS strengthens, tornadoes will become a threat as well, especially if isolated supercells manage to persist into this time frame.

However, models do not simulate any pronounced QG forcing to rapidly reduce CIN. This will, on one hand, allow for CAPE to build-up steadily towards the late afternoon. On the other hand, it is highly questionable how many storms will initiate and where exactly. There is considerable disagreement by individual models. Overnight / morning convection, along with the outflow boundaries laid by these may be crucial in this setup. Current thinking is, that the foci for late afternoon initiation will be NW France, along the surface convergence zone, with storms spreading into BENELUX. It is likely that these storms will be isolated supercells at first, with subsequent clustering resulting in a fast forward propagating bow-echo. Towards the night, Southern to Central France may see convective initiation, with another possiblity of MCS travelling north towards N France.

Level 3 was introduced for the region, where the highest probability of high storm coverage is forecast and where high density of extremely severe events is most likely. With that in mind, any spot in the Level 2 may see extremely severe storms in these highly favourable conditions, provided storms can initiate.

… England …

Models show that somewhat warmer, moist airmass should advect over E England as the wave in the frontal boundary propagates towards northwest. However, edge of the EML plume should remain to the east, so that MLCAPE values will stay on the order of hundreds of J/kg. As strong flow ovespreads the region, over 25 m/s of DLS is forecast. All models agree on initiation along the lifting warm wave of the boundary. There will be a potential for isolated supercell development, which would be capable of large hail and severe wind gusts. However, lack of steep mid-level lapse rates may limit the hail threat, so that a high-end Lvl 1 instead of Lvl 2 is issued.

… Poland …

As EML is advected around the ridge towards east, overlap with modest low-level moisture will contribute to the development of moderate instability, with MLCAPE values above 1000 J/kg. Vertical wind shear should be moderate, between 10 to 15 m/s of bulk shear in the 0-6 km layer, increasing NEwards to between 14 and 20 m/s. Some strong multicells (or perhaps even brief supercells) may initiate along the ill-defined warm front with attendant threats of large hail and severe wind gusts.

… Russia …

With the progressing cut-off low, a plume of steep lapse rates will be pushed southeastwards, but still, the extreme eastern part of the forecast area may see some stronger multicells capable of large hail and/or severe wind gusts. Wind shear should be weak to moderate, perhaps limiting the supercell threat (and very large hail risk).

Mesoscale Discussion

Mesoscale Discussion
Valid: Mon 09 Jun 2014 10:00 to Tue 10 Jun 2014 15:00 UTC
Issued: Mon 09 Jun 2014 09:48
Forecaster: PUCIK

Abundant DMC activity is already ongoing in the morning hours. Most of this activity is likely elevated with risk for large hail in the environment of steep lapse rates. The first cluster is now situated over Belgium moving towards Netherlands. Second one is located over NW France with similar movement direction. As daytime heating continues ahead of these clusters with easterly to southeasterly moist surface flow (dewpoints between 18 and 20 ｰC), this activity may eventually become surface-based, especially at the eastern flank of the systems. That would rapidly increase chances for supercellular convection capable of very large hail and damaging wind gusts.

To the east and south of the ongoing convective systems, diurnal heating along with backing low-level flow is observed. Further backing of the low-level flow is forecast as surface pressure falls over Southern France. Current thinking is that despite this early activity, best conditions will still develop by the late afternoon with high CAPE values and strong DLS.

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Russia: Winter Olympics 2014 – No gay people in Sochi says mayor – 270114 1430z

27 January 2014 Last updated at 02:07z

Sochi 2014: No gay people in city, says mayor

The mayor of Sochi, host of the Winter Olympics, has said there are no gay people in the city.

Anatoly Pakhomov said homosexuals were welcome at the Games – as long as they “respect Russian law” and “don’t impose their habits on others”.

Opposition leader Boris Nemtsov said there were several gay bars in Sochi.

In June 2013, Russia passed a law banning the promotion of “non-traditional” sexuality to under-18s – widely seen as an attack on gay rights.

The controversial new law made providing information on homosexuality to under-18s a crime, punishable by a fine.

Critics say its loose interpretation effectively stops gay rights protests in Russia.

“As far as I know there are several gay clubs in Sochi… how do they survive? Why they are not bankrupt? ”

Boris Nemtsov Opposition leader

Anatoly Pakhomov, a member of President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party, told Panorama that gay people would be welcome at the Games.

“Our hospitality will be extended to everyone who respects the laws of the Russian Federation and doesn’t impose their habits on others”, he said.

But when asked whether gay people had to hide their sexuality in Sochi, the Mayor said: “No, we just say that it is your business, it’s your life. But it’s not accepted here in the Caucasus where we live. We do not have them in our city.”

When challenged, the mayor admitted that he was not certain there were no gay people in Sochi: “I am not sure, but I don’t bloody know them.”

BBC Panorama reporter John Sweeney visited a gay bar in Sochi the night before he interviewed the mayor.

Most people did not want to be filmed and those that did were cautious about what they said.

Drag queen Madame Zhu-Zha said there was a gay community in the city and in other areas of Russia.

“There are very many clubs for gay people in Moscow – in Sochi we have two gay clubs as well. In some places there’s serious prejudice against gay people. In other places it’s not as bad.”

The Sochi 2014 organising committee told BBC Panorama it was working hard to ensure the Games will be remembered for their diversity.

Boris Nemtsov, former Deputy Prime Minister and now a leader of the opposition, said the mayor’s claim was laughable.

“As far as I know there are several gay clubs in Sochi.

“How do they survive? Why they are not bankrupt?”

Last week, President Vladimir Putin said homosexuals would be welcome in Sochi for the Olympics but said, “just leave the children alone”.

“We don’t have a ban on non-traditional sexual relations,” he said. “We have a ban on the propaganda of homosexuality and paedophilia.”

Panorama: Putin’s Games, BBC One, Monday 27 January at 20:30 GMT and then available in the UK on the BBC iPlayer.

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Russian PM Medvedev on gay rights

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CNN’s Christiane Amanpour interviews Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev

‘Welcome’ but warned – Russia’s Putin cautions gay visitors to Sochi

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“Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has reiterated earlier statements that gay visitors are welcome at the Games.

At a meeting with a group of young Sochi volunteers, Putin said, “We are not banning anything. We are not rounding up anyone. We have no criminal punishment for such relations, unlike many other countries.”

The Russian President, however, was also keen to stress the country’s ban on promoting homosexuality amongst minors.

“So one can feel relaxed and at ease, but please leave children in peace,” Putin continued.” – Euronews

Putin on anti gay law – BBC News

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Team GB Refuses Sochi Boycott

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Stephen Fry: Gay solidarity needed at Russian winter Olympics

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Peter Tatchell on the petition to boycott the Winter Olympics in Russia

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Gay Rights campaigner Peter Tatchell talks about the petition to boycott the Winter Olympics in Russia because of new anti-gay laws.

This is the incident back in 2007 to which Peter Tatchell refers….

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Gay rights activist Peter Tatchell visciously punched in the face, kicked then arrested. Homophobic assailant walks free.

Richard Fairbrass (Bi-Sexual) punched in the face.

30 members of European Parliament also arrested.

Should the world boycott the Sochi Olympics in defense of gay rights?- Russia Today

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“British actor Steven Fry has sparked a fierce debate, asking the International Olympic Committee to move the upcoming Winter Games from Sochi to Vancouver. He even compared Russia’s treatment of homosexuals to Nazi Germany. Was he right?

The subject of Fry’s ire is a controversial law passed in June, which forbids the “promotion of non-traditional relations among minors.” The terms “non-traditional” and “promotion” are open to wide interpretation, with many gay activists in Russia calling the law a potential blanket ban on any manifestations. They also say that police have idly stood by as attacks on homosexuals multiplied on the back of the new legislation.

While the first Olympic boycott dates back to 1936, when over 20 countries withdrew in protest against Nazism, the phenomenon reached its peak in the 1970s and 80s — when four Olympic Games in a row had absentees. The 1980 Moscow Games and the 1984 Los Angeles Games saw rival Socialist and Western blocks withdraw en-masse.

In recent weeks, the International Olympic Committee has negotiated with Russia’s Olympic organizers, saying that it received “assurances” that the law would be suspended for the duration of the Games. Russian officials have produced conflicting statements in response, and the situation remains uncertain.” – Russia Today

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Volcanic eruptions/activity in Indonesia, Peru and Russia, thousands evacuated – 241013 1200z

Indonesia

Mount Sinabung Volcano N 3� 10.267, E 98� 23.417

A volcano in western Indonesia erupted on Thursday, unleashing a column of dark volcanic material high into the air weeks after villagers were returning home from an earlier eruption, officials said.

The explosion at Mount Sinabung, located in North Sumatra province, shot black ash 3 kilometers (nearly 2 miles) into the air, but there were no reports of injuries or damage, said National Mitigation Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho. He said villages, farms and trees around the 2,600-meter (8,530-foot) -high rumbling volcano were covered in thick gray ash, prompting authorities to evacuate more than 3,300 people. Most were from two villages within 3 kilometers (nearly 2 miles) of the mountain in Karo district. No lava or debris spewed from the volcano, and nearby towns and villages were not in danger, but authorities warned tourists to stay away from the danger zone located 1.5 kilometers (1 mile) from the crater, Nugroho said. Last month, more than 15,000 people were forced to flee when the volcano rumbled to life after being dormant for three years, belching ash and smoke and igniting fires on its slopes. The volcano’s last major eruption in August 2010 killed two people and forced 30,000 others to flee. It caught many scientists off guard because it had been quiet for four centuries. Mount Sinabung is among more than 120 active volcanoes in Indonesia, which is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” an arc of volcanos and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.

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(Video credit:Riza Kayikci ) Published on Oct 23, 2013 Volcano Eruption Indonesia

Peru

Ubinas Volcano S 16� 21.300, W 70� 54.180

The Peruvian Geophysics Institute (IGP) reports that Ubinas Volcano in Moquegua has once again shown signs of activity.

In early September, Ubinas registered a number of small explosions that initially cause alarm in the local population. However, as a column of potentially dangerous silica ash rose as high as two kilometers into the sky, authorities were forced to declare a State of Emergency in the area. The volcano had been quiet for several weeks, but now it has once again released smoke and ash into the air. Andina news agency reports that the incident occurred on the afternoon of Oct. 22, and lasted approximately two minutes. Equipment used by IGP scientists registered movement inside of the volcano before it released the cloud of smoke and ash. However, the incident is not being described as an �eruption,� because it lacked the explosive force necessary to categorize it as such. Andina reports that Ubinas Volcano is the most active volcano in Peru, having registered 24 eruptions over five centuries. Prior to the explosions in early September, the volcano had been dormant since 2009. The silica ash released by the volcano in September caused locals to experience medical problems such as headaches, stomach pain, and vomiting.

Thursday, 24 October, 2013 at 04:00 (04:00 AM) UTC RSOE

Russia

Zhupanovsky Volcano N 53� 35.300, E 159� 8.900

A new explosive eruption started yesterday night (23 Oct). An ash plume was detected drifting at an estimated 16,000 ft (5 km) altitude and drifting ESE.

At least 1 mm of ash have been deposited in the Nalychevo valley, a natural park between Zhupanovsky and Avachinsky volcanoes. Zhupanovsky volcano lies about 70 km northeast of the capital of Kamchatka, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, and had its last eruption in 1959. It is a complex volcano composed of several overlapping cones aligned on a roughly east-west oriented axis. The new eruption comes from the same vent that has been also the site of all known historical eruptions, located west of the highest point of the volcanic massif.

Thursday, 24 October, 2013 at 10:23 (10:23 AM) UTC RSOE

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Russia: Emergency declared as Tularemia epidemic cases rise to 900 in Khanty-Mansiysky Autonomous Region – 190913 1735z

According to the Department of healthcare of Khanty-Mansiysky Autonomous Region, 900 inhabitants have contracted tularemia.

Ticks (Image: medscape.com)

Among them, 858 people are residents of Khanty-Mansiysk; 33 live in Khanty-Mansiysk district; the remaining cases were recorded in Nizhnevartovsk.

It is established that several of the patients in Nizhnevartovsk are employees of the oil industry and contracted tularemia in the field.

In Khanty-Mansiysk and Khanty-Mansiysk district, work on measures against rodents and mosquitoes, which are the sources and carriers of disease, is continuing.

According to the Department of Rospotrebnadzor [The Federal Service for Protection of Consumers’ Rights and Well-Being] in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, the 1st cases were reported on 19 Aug 2013.

Due to the significant deterioration of the epidemiological situation regarding the incidence of tularemia in Khanty-Mansiysk, an emergency situation has been declared.
Thursday, 19 September, 2013 at 15:42 (03:42 PM) UTC RSOE

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“Tularemia (also known as Pahvant Valley plague,^[1]rabbit fever,^[1]deer fly fever, and Ohara’s fever^[2]) is a serious infectious disease caused by the bacteriumFrancisella tularensis.^[3] A gram-negative, nonmotilecoccobacillus, the bacterium has several subspecies with varying degrees of virulence. The most important of those is F. tularensis tularensis (Type A), which is found in lagomorphs (rabbits and similar animals) in North America, and it is highly virulent in humans and domestic rabbits. F. tularensis palaearctica (Type B) occurs mainly in aquatic rodents (beavers, muskrats) in North America and in hares and small rodents in northern Eurasia. It is less virulent for humans and rabbits.^[4] The primary vectors are ticks and deer flies, but the disease can also be spread through other arthropods.^[3] The disease is named after Tulare County, California.” – wikipediaMore about Tularemia at wikipedia

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Russian Investigators Search Gay Activist’s Apartments

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Поиск Следователи России гей-активист Николай Алексеев Туристические апартаменты

“МОСКВА, 27 августа (РИА Новости) – Следователи искали квартиры, принадлежащие выдающегося русского активиста ЛГБТ Николай Алексеев во вторник, против которого возбуждено уголовное дело было начато по его замечания Twitter решению старших законодателей.

“Следователи Следственного комитета России посетил Алексеев по месту его жительства, чтобы провести обыск санкционирован судом,” неназванный представитель комитета сказал во вторник. Алексеева ранее сообщила о поиск с помощью Twitter.

Глава комитета детских вопросов в нижней палате России парламента, Елена Мизулина и ее первый заместитель Ольга Баталина ранее жаловались в офис генерального прокурора России о том, что Алексеев были размещены оскорбительные замечания о них на Twitter, в комментарии по поводу недавнего введения Россией озапрет на “гей-пропаганды” для несовершеннолетних.

Мизулина рассказала газете Известия прокуроры просили возбудить уголовное дело по обвинению в “оскорблении представителя власти.” Это преступление наказывается штрафом в размере до 40 000 рублей (более $ 1200) или общественные работы.

Ее заместителем Баталина сказала, что она не считала она была обижайтесь, но стремится защитить всех законодателей от дальнейших оскорблений.

Президент России Владимир Путин подписал закон 30 июня законопроект, запрещающий пропаганду гомосексуализма к несовершеннолетним.

В соответствии с этим законом, продвижение однополые отношения к детям наказывается штрафом в размере от 4000 до 5000 рублей ($ 122 – $ 153) для физических лиц, от 40000 до 50000 рублей ($ 1,223-1,530) для должностных лиц и 800 тысяч до 1 млн рублей ($ 24 460 – $ 30 570) для юридических лиц.

Споры вокруг установлены законом, особенно за рубежом, что вызвало призывы некоторых иностранных активистов к бойкоту зимней Олимпиады 2014 года, которая должна состояться в России город Сочи. “- РИА Новости

 

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MOSCOW, August 27 (RIA Novosti) – Investigators have searched apartments belonging to prominent Russian LGBT activist Nikolai Alexeyev Tuesday, against whom a criminal case has been launched over his Twitter remarks addressing senior lawmakers.

“Investigators from Russia’s Investigative Committee have visited Alekseyev at his place of residence to carry out a search sanctioned by a court,” an unnamed Committee representative said Tuesday.  Alekseyev had previously reported the search via Twitter.

 

The head of the children’s issues committee in Russia’s lower house of parliament, Yelena Mizulina, and her first deputy Olga Batalina had previously complained to the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office that Alexeyev had posted offensive remarks about them on Twitter, in comments about Russia’s recent introduction of a ban on “gay propaganda” to minors.

Mizulina told Izvestia newspaper prosecutors were requested to launch a criminal case on charges of “insulting…

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Russia: Dildo mistaken for bomb at Post Office in Kirov – 230813 1700z

Dildo Mistaken for Bomb at Russian Post Office

(Photo: rian.ru) Russian Post Office

RIA Novosti:

“KIROV, August 23 –

A post office in central Russia was evacuated on Friday after a package started “making strange noises,” prompting fears of a bomb that turned out to be a vibrator, police said.

Police did not send in a bomb squad but instead tracked down the shipper, a local woman who confessed to the box’s intimate contents, a spokesman for the Kirov Region police department told RIA Novosti.

The woman was going on a trip and wanted to have the dildo with her but did not want to have it in her luggage, so she tried to mail it to herself, the spokesman said.

Police did not press any charges and commended post employees for their vigilance, the report said.

Russia’s post offices seem to have bad luck with sex toys: In 2011, a similar story played out in the northern Republic of Karelia, also prompting the evacuation of a post office over a vibrator that went off at an inopportune time.”

Russian (Translated by Google)

Фаллоимитатор Принятый за бомбу в отделении почты России

(Фото: rian.ru) Почта России

РИА Новости:

“КИРОВ, 23 августа –
Почтовое отделение в Центральной России были эвакуированы в пятницу после Пакет начал “издавать странные звуки”, вызвав опасения, что бомба оказалась вибратор, сообщает полиция.

Полиция не отправила Подрывник но вместо выследили грузоотправителя, местные женщины, которая призналась в интимной содержимое коробки, пресс-секретарь Кировской области Департамент полиции сообщил РИА Новости.

Женщина собиралась в поездку и хотели иметь фаллоимитатор с ней, но не хотел, чтобы он в ее багаже​​, поэтому она попыталась отправить его к себе, сказал собеседник агентства.

Полиция не любых обвинений и сотрудники оценили сообщение для их бдительность, говорится в докладе.

Офисы России пост, кажется, не везет с секс-игрушки: В 2011 году похожая история разыгрывается в северной Карелии, а также вызвав эвакуацию почтовое отделение на вибратор, который ушел в неподходящее время “.

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Russia: Neo-Nazi group allegedly torturing gay youths, using social network to find them – 030813 1340z

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Russian neo-Nazis torture gay teenager they tricked into meeting them as part of online scam

• Neo-Nazis appear to be filming themselves bullying and torturing gay men
• Infamous former skin head believed to be behind the campaign
• One 15-year-old boy is filmed being taunted by group of homophobic men
  

By Jaymi Mccann

PUBLISHED: 19:53, 27 July 2013 | UPDATED: 21:38, 29 July 2013

“A Russian neo-Nazi group is allegedly torturing homosexual youths by using a social network to find them.

The campaigns, called �Occupy Pedophilyaj� and �Ocuppy Gerontilyaj�, have been launched by former skinhead Maxim Martsinkevich, according to an LGBT rights group.

The Spectrum Human Rights Alliance (SHRA) alleges that the group claims to identify and report paedophiles but instead use it to target teenager who reply to same-sex personal adverts.

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This Facebook picture reportedly shows a Russian neo-Nazi group that attacks gay teenage boys who they find online

 

This video appears to show masked youths accosting a nervous teenage boy in Moscow, asking if he has come to meet ‘Uncle Dima’

The boy admits that he is there to meet a man for sex to the men gathered around him in the video

Adverts are posted on the Russian equivalent to Facebook, VK.com, reports The Huffington post.

The group allegedly agrees to meet the boy for a date, but then films him being bullied and tortured.

SHRA writes on their website: �These self-proclaimed ‘crime fighters’ perform their actions under the broad day light, often outside and clearly visible to general public that indifferently passes by or even commend them.

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• MAX HASTINGS: Why I believe it’s wrong to pardon Bletchley Park code breaker Alan Turing for breaking the anti-gay laws of his time

�Video recordings of bullying and tortures are freely distributed on the Internet in order to out LGBT teens to their respective schools, parents and friends. Many victims were driven to suicides, the rest are deeply traumatized.�

Under duress, the 15-year-old tells them his personal details

It is believed that the homophobic group found the teenager through Russian social network VK.com by looking through the same-sex adverts

The LGBT group has pointed to a video on YouTube allegedly showing a group of masked youths interrogating a nervous looking 15-year-old in a housing estate.

During the video, according to atranslation by The Huffington Post, the group asks him if he is there to meet �Uncle Dima�.

The boy admits that he is there to have sex, he admits his sexual preferences and gives all of his details.

He tells the group who he is, where he is from, what school he goes to and his age.

At the end of the video, one member of the group urinates into a bottle and attempts to pour it over his head, and another kicks him. Then it cuts out.

Russian online newspaper Lenta met with some people who have joined the �Occupy Pedofilyaj� campaign earlier this month.

One member allegedly said: �We do not like homosexuals. If it was up to me, I’d kill them but the government doesn’t allow that.�

The boy apppeard to be interrogated while being pursued around a housing compound

The group of men recorded the incident on camera as they bullied the gay teenager

The threatening group surrounded the boy as they taunted him and attempted to spray him with urine before the video cuts out

He then said that all gay men are paedophiles, adding that they should not be allowed in society.

Earlier this month Vladimir Putin signed into law the homosexual propaganda bill, making it illegal to share information with minors that may make encourage the idea that homosexual relationships are �socially equivalent� to a heterosexual couple.

Just last month a 23-year-old gay man was tortured to death in the Russian city of Volgograd.

Russian LGBT group delighted, nearly overwhelmed by support

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Русский (перевод Google)

Русская ЛГБТ-сеть почти завален объема писем и других сообщений от сторонников, которые хотят, чтобы помочь им блокировать новые запрет России на неопределенных “гей пропаганды”.

29 июля сети выдается этим заявлением, выражая свое восхищение, с просьбой Сторонники терпения, и настоятельно призывая дальнейших действий:

Мы продолжаем получать письма и вопросы от вас, который замечательно и показывает, насколько глубоко вы полны решимости, чтобы помочь нам и всей России ЛГБТ-сообщества в трудные времена. К сожалению, у нас много работы, чтобы сделать, и поэтому мы не можем ответить на каждый отдельно.
Войти в Стокгольме протеста против закона России в “гей-пропаганды�. (Фото любезно предоставлено Facebook)

Войти в Стокгольме протеста против закона России в “гей-пропаганды�. (Фото любезно предоставлено Facebook)

Большинство писем касаются способов, в которых отдельные лица или группы активных граждан могли бы помочь нам. Здесь перечислены некоторые примеры из-за рубежа, что делать – пожалуйста, сделать еще больше событий и предавать их гласности! Выезд Последние сообщения на другие здесь на нашем профиле, там регулярно публикуются новые инициативы, событий и фотографий.

Поцелуй-в в Аргентине, ‪ # unbesoporrusia ‬ в Twitter
Видео любви в Канаде, https://www.facebook.com/events/558164114220228/
Флешмобы и акции протеста перед посольствами России, например [Июн 1] в Стокгольме, https://www.facebook.com/events/562072913832152/ (см. фото выше и ниже).

Мы как организация, приветственные письма и видео поддержка направить ЛГБТ в России. Пожалуйста, если вы делаете видео, пожалуйста, попробуйте сделать перевод на русский язык субтитров – если это невозможно, то, пожалуйста, приложите текст на английском языке, так что мы могли бы перевести его. Письма могут быть отправлены в наш офис, и, конечно, письма приветствуются. К сожалению у нас нет ресурсов, чтобы перевести и отправить вперед очень короткие сообщения, так что предпочтительно либо написать больше личных сообщений или написать от имени вашей организации.

Вы также можете дать нам пожертвований. Подробнее банковский перевод, пожалуйста, напишите roosa@lgbtnet.ru.

Оказать давление на политиков, их требовать, чтобы связаться с их русскими коллегами и задают сложные вопросы! Если вы занимаетесь спортом, бегать за нашу свободу и сделать его большим и общественности. Все инициативы и идеи приветствуются – быть творческим! Как нам на Facebook, следовать за нами, распространили информацию о том, что происходит в России.

Спасибо – давайте оставаться на связи!
Стокгольмский протест против России закон “гей пропаганда�. (Фото любезно предоставлено Facebook)

Многоязычная протеста у посольства России в Стокгольме стремится положить конец закона в России “гей пропаганда�. (Фото любезно предоставлено Facebook)
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The Russian LGBT Network is nearly overwhelmed with the volume of letters and other communications from supporters who want to help them block Russia’s new ban on ill-defined “gay propaganda.”  On July 29, the network issued this statement, expressing its delight, requesting supporters’ patience, and urging continued action:

We keep getting letters and questions from you, which is wonderful and shows how deeply you are committed to helping us and the whole Russian LGBT community in difficult times. Unfortunately, we have a lot of work to do and so we cannot answer to everyone separately.

Most of the letters concern the ways in which an individual person or a group of active citizens could help us. Here are listed some examples from abroad of what to do – please, make even more events and make them public! Check out the Recent Posts by Others here on our profile, there are…

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Russia: Topol-M ballistic missile prepares to launch for Journalists – 140713 2030z

Journalists and future cadets were shown a Topol-M launcher right after entry exams to the Academy of Russian Strategic Missile Forces (SMF)

The Topol-M missile, with a range of about 7,000 miles (11,000 km), is said to be immune to any current and planned U.S. anti-ballistic missile defence. It is capable of making evasive manoeuvres to avoid a kill using terminal phase interceptors, and carries targeting countermeasures and decoys.

Preparation of the Topol-M ballistic missile for launch

RT-2UTTKh Topol-M

From wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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RT-2UTTKh Topol-M SS-27 “Sickle B”
A Topol-M mobile launcher during rehearsals for the 2012 Moscow Victory Day Parade.
Type	Intercontinental ballistic missile
Place�of�origin	�Russia
Service history
In�service	December 1997 � present
Used�by	Russian Strategic Missile Troops
Production history
Designer	Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology
Manufacturer	Votkinsk Machine Building Plant
Produced	December 20, 1994 � 2010
Specifications
Weight	47,200 kg (104,000 lb)
Length	22.7 m (74.47 ft)
Diameter	1.9�m (6�ft�3�in)
Warhead	Single 800 kt warhead or MIRV � 4 or 7 x 150�250�kt [2]
Engine	Three-stage solid propellant
Operational range	11,000�km (6,800�mi)
Speed	7,320 m/s.[1]
Guidance system	Inertial with GLONASS
Accuracy	200 m CEP[1]
Launch platform	Silo, road-mobile TEL

The RT-2UTTKh �Topol-M� (Russian: РТ-2УТТХ �Тополь-М�, NATO reporting name: SS-27 “Sickle B”^[3], other designations: RS-12M1, RS-12M2, RT-2PM2)^[4] is one of the most recent intercontinental ballistic missiles to be deployed by Russia (see RS-24), and the first to be developed after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

In its Russian designation РТ stands for “ракета твердотопливная,” Raketa Tverdotoplivnaya (“solid fuel rocket”), while УТТХ � for “улучшенные тактико-технические характеристики,” uluchshenniye taktiko-tekhnicheskie kharakteristiki (“improved tactical and technical characteristics”). “Topol” (тополь) in Russian means “white poplar“. It is designed and produced exclusively by the Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology, and built at the Votkinsk Machine Building Plant.^[5][6]

Russian (Google translated):

Журналисты и будущих курсантов были показаны Тополь-М пусковая сразу после вступительных экзаменов в Академию России Ракетные войска стратегического назначения (РВСН)

Тополь-М, с диапазоном около 7000 миль (11000 км), как говорят, иммунитет к любой текущей и планируемой американской системы противоракетной обороны. Это способны сделать маневр, чтобы избежать убить использованием терминальной фазе перехватчиков, и осуществляет таргетинг контрмеры и ложных целей.

Подготовка Тополь-М баллистическую ракету к запуску

RT-2UTTKh Тополь-М
Материал из Википедии, свободной энциклопедии
(Перенаправлено с Тополь-М)
RT-2UTTKh Тополь-М
SS-27 �Серп B”
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Тополь-М мобильной пусковой установки во время репетиций в 2012 году Москве Парад Победы.
Тип Межконтинентальная баллистическая ракета
Место производства России
Сервисная книга
В службе декабрь 1997 – настоящее время
Используется России Ракетные войска стратегического назначения
История добычи
Конструктор Московского института теплотехники
Производитель Воткинский машиностроительный завод
Производимые 20 декабря 1994 – 2010
Технические условия
Вес 47 200 кг (104 000 фунтов)
Длина 22,7 м (74,47 футов)
Диаметр 1,9 м (6 футов 3 дюйма)
Warhead Одноместный 800 боеголовки уз или РГЧ – 4 или 7 х 150-250 тыс. т [2]
Двигатель Трехступенчатая твердого ракетного топлива
Оперативный
диапазон 11000 км (6800 миль)
Скорость 7320 м / с. [1]
Руководство
инерциальные системы ГЛОНАСС
Точность 200 м CEP [1]
Запуск
Платформа силоса, дорожно-моб

RT-2UTTKh �Тополь-М� (русский: РТ-2УТТХ �Тополь-М�, по классификации НАТО: SS-27 �Серп B” [3], другие обозначения: RS-12М1, РС-12М2, РТ-2ПМ2 ) [4] является одним из наиболее свежие межконтинентальные баллистические ракеты будут развернуты к России (см. RS-24), и первые, которые будут разработаны после распада Советского Союза.

В России РТ обозначение расшифровывается как “ракета твердотопливная,” Ракета Tverdotoplivnaya (“твердого ракетного топлива”), в то время УТТХ – за �улучшенные тактико-технические характеристики”, uluchshenniye тактико-tekhnicheskie kharakteristiki (�улучшенный тактико-технические характеристики�). “Тополь” (тополь) на русском языке означает “белый тополь�. Он разработан и производится исключительно в Московском институте теплотехники, и построил на Воткинский машиностроительный Bu

Glimmer of legal hope for LGBTs in Russia

Russian (Google translation)

Проблеск надежды на правовую ЛГБТ в России
Опубликовано 13 июля 2013 года Колин Стюарт
Прямо протестующего Даниил Грачев арестован в Санкт-Петербурге, Россия, в течение гордости протеста. (Фото любезно предоставлено Рейтер через SDGLN.com)

Прямо протестующего Даниил Грачев арестован в Санкт-Петербурге, Россия, в течение гордости протеста. (Фото любезно предоставлено Рейтер через SDGLN.com)

Русская ЛГБТ-сети сообщил, что областной суд решил, что последние Gay Pride деятельности в Санкт-Петербурге 29 июня были законными, несмотря на город и национальные законы, направленные против “гей-пропаганды”:

Хотя полиция утверждала, сбор был “несанкционированным”, 10 июля судья Дзержинского районного суда – одно из судов, рассматривающих дела с более чем 50 активистов, арестованных 29 июня – отверг это требование, заявив, что городские власти были проинформированы о мероприятии заранее и не вынес решение против этого, поэтому они не могли объявить его несанкционированного впоследствии. Это означало, что, по закону, арестов не было “твердой основе”.

Игорь Кочетков, председатель Русской ЛГБТ-сети, говорит, что:

“С этим решением суд фактически подтвердил правильность нашей оценки, учитывая ранее, о событиях 29-го июня. Вместо того, чтобы выполнять свои обязанности по защите прав граждан на свободу собраний и сдерживание агрессивного поведения националистов, полиция разогнала встречи, таким образом, становятся сами нарушители закона. С подобными действиями, полиция поощряет деятельность крайне правых групп крыла, которое все больше и больше напоминают фашистские войска СС 30-х годов в прошлом веке “.

В разгар гей парада, городской чиновник сказал организаторам, что совещание должно быть прекращено, потому что они получили жалобы от некоторых граждан. Сразу же после этого, более 50 активистов были арестованы ОМОНом, вынуждены в автобусы и доставлены в различные отделения полиции.

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The Russian LGBT Network reported that a regional court has decided that recent Gay Pride activities in Saint Petersburg on June 29 were legal, despite city and national laws against “gay propaganda”:

Although police claimed the gathering was “unauthorized,” on July 10 the judges in the Dzerzhinsk regional court — one of the courts dealing with more than 50 activists arrested on June 29 — rejected that claim, stating that city officials had been informed about the event in advance and had not issued a decision against it, so they could not declare it unauthorized afterwards. That meant that, legally, the arrests didn’t have “a solid basis.”

Igor Kochetkov, chairperson of the Russian LGBT Network, says that:

“With this decision, the court actually confirmed the correctness of our assessment, given earlier, of the events of the 29th of June. Instead of fulfilling their duty to protect the rights of the…

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Russia: Gay rights activists arrested defying rally ban after torture and murder of 22yr old Vladislav Tornovoi in Volgograd – 250513 1700z

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Russia: Gay Rights Activists Arrested At Rally

Protesters are arrested after taking to Moscow’s streets following the murder of a Russian man for being gay.

2:11pm UK, Saturday 25 May 2013

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 “Activists defied Russian authorities by holding a gay pride march in Moscow. Officials promised any action would be “thwarted” and made dozens of arrests as protesters gathered outside the Russian Parliament.

By Katie Stallard, Russia Correspondent

Dozens of activists at a gay pride march in Moscow have been arrested by Russian police.

Authorities said at least 30 gay rights campaigners were being held after defying a ban on the protest.

City officials had promised the march would be “thwarted” and that protesters faced being arrested and fined.

But activists ignored the threats and unfurled banners denouncing the Kremlin-backed homophobic legislation in front of Russia’s lower house of parliament.

As police made arrests, some protesters were attacked by Orthodox Christian vigilantes carrying icons and crosses.

The action came after the torture and murder of a young man in Volgograd focused attention on the issue of homophobia in Russia and what human rights groups claim is an increasingly dangerous situation.

Vladislav Tornovoi

Vladislav Tornovoi, 22, was found dead earlier this month in a children’s playground outside the block of flats where he grew up.

He had been stripped, abused (G: raped) with beer bottles, and beaten with a concrete block. His killers then tried to set his body on fire.

The two men arrested for his murder were his friends, one of them has known him since childhood. They had been drinking together that night.

Investigators say one of the men confessed that they had killed him because he told them he was gay.

A police video shows one of the suspects being brought back to the scene and asked to demonstrate, using a mannequin, how he attacked his friend.

When a detective asks him why, he replies: “Because he said he was a fag”.

Mr Tornovoi’s father Andrei told Sky News he had to bury his son in a closed casket – that his injuries were so severe the doctors advised him against viewing his body.

The post-mortem recorded the cause of death as blunt trauma to the head, but also noted serious internal injuries and genital mutilation.

But he refuses to believe his son could possibly have been gay – to suggest otherwise, he told us, dishonours his memory.

Dozens of people were detained at the rally

“It was a shock when his friends and relatives heard that he was gay. What are you talking about, how can he be gay? He was living a normal life,” he said.

Some of Mr Vladislav’s friends have also insisted that he could not have been gay, that his killers invented his drunken confession to try to justify what they had done, and elicit public sympathy.

One of his former classmates said the suspects have been congratulated on various blogs and Russian websites.

Valeriya Goran explained: “People wrote ��less gays – more happiness’, ��These guys who killed our Vlad were right’.”

Volgograd is a tough, industrial city, far from the skyscrapers and sports cars of the capital Moscow.

In what was once known as Stalingrad where they are proud of their Soviet history.

The schoolchildren here still take their solemn turn to guard the eternal flame – they are taught that this was where the Red army defied the German onslaught, to secure victory in the Great Patriotic War.

But in modern Russia, their government has decided these children don’t need any education about gay rights.

In order to ‘protect their morality’, the country’s parliament is in the process of passing a federal law that will deem all such information ��homosexual propaganda’, and punishable by a hefty fine.

It is unlikely to challenge attitudes in a country where, according to the latest polls, more than three quarters of the population already think homosexuality is either a bad habit, a disease or the result of trauma.

Some 73% said the state should suppress publicly gay behaviour.” – Sky News

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Vladislav Tornovoi

First Image of Russia Gay Hate Murder Victim Vladislav Tornovoi

By Dominic Gover

May 13, 2013 6:29 PM GMT

Vladislav Tornovoi

“This is the young man tortured and then killed in a gruesome attack by thugs for being gay.

Vladislav Tornovoi, 23, was attacked by two men in the city of Volgograd, who mutilated his genitals and raped him with a beer bottle.

In an murder which has sparked outrage across Russia and overseas, the young man’s face was smashed with a rock and was then set on fire.

Tornovoi was allegedly killed shortly after coming out as gay to friends during a boozy Victory Day celebration.

Two men  aged 22 and 27-years-old – who were reportedly Tornovoi’s friends, are under arrest on suspicion of killing him.

The first image of Tornovoi comes as gay rights activists condemned the Kremlin by claiming the government is an accomplice in his death for stigmatizing sexual minorities.

Laws which ban “homosexual propaganda” are set to come in to force soon under support from the Duma – the Russian parliament.

Campaigner Nikolai Alexeyev told the Moscow Times: “Political figures have provoked anti-gay sentiment by portraying the gay community as a bunch of freaks,” Alexeyev said. “They are accomplices in the killing.”

Prominent activist Nikolai Bayev also claimed President Vladimir Putin was an “accomplice” in the killing.

Writing on the GayRussia website, Bayev said: “”President Putin, crush the head of Vladislav Tornovoi! Strip him until he’s naked. Break his ribs, beat his face and shove a bottle up his anus. Kill him, he’s just a gay.”

In the wake of Tornovoi’s shocking death, an upcoming gay pride march in the capital city Moscow on May 25, could be dedicated to the young man by organisers.”

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Arrests At Russian Gay Pride March

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Vladislav Tornovoi was found dead

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2:11 вечера Великобритании, ����ббота 25 мая 2013

    Неизве��тно анти-гей-активи��та (L) попадает р������кий геев и ЛГБТ-правозащитник во время не��анкционированного гей-правозащитники митинг в Мо��кве Центральный

    Неизве��тно анти-гей-активи��та (L) попадает гей-активи��т прав на не��анкционированный митинг в Мо��кве Центральный.

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    Ро����ии омоновцы задержали геев и ЛГБТ-правозащитник

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    Ро����ии полиция задерживает гей-активи��т прав во время митинга вне Д��мы в Мо��кве

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    ��ктиви��т показывает плакат �� надпи��ью “Любовь ��ильнее гомофобии” изн��три р������кого б��нта полицей��кий ф��ргон.

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 “��ктиви��ты бро��ил вызов Ро����ии вла��ти п��тем проведения гей-парада в Мо��кве. Чиновники обещали любое дей��твие б��дет” ��орвали “и ��делал де��ятки аре��тов проте��т��ющих ��обрали��ь �� здания парламента Ро����ии.

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Де��ятки активи��тов гей-парад в Мо��кве, были аре��тованы полицией Ро����ии.

Вла��ти ��тверждают, что по крайней мере 30 геев правозащитники держали по��ле игнорир��ет запрет на акции проте��та.

Город��кие вла��ти обещали в марте б��дет “��орвана”, и что проте��т��ющие ��толкн��ли��ь аре��та и ��траф��.

Но активи��ты проигнорировали ��грозы и разверн��ли плакаты о����ждая поддерживаемого Кремлем гомофобных законодатель��тва перед нижней палатой Ро����ии парламента.

Как полиция произвела аре��ты, некоторые проте��т��ющие были атакованы право��лавных хри��тиан��ких др��жинников проведения иконы и кре��ты.

Ре��ение было принято по��ле того, как пытки и ��бий��тва молодого человека в Волгоград��кой акцентировал внимание на проблеме гомофобии в Ро����ии и что такое права человека гр��ппы ��тверждают, ��тановит��я в��е более опа��ной ��ит��ации.

Влади��лав Tornovoi найден мертвым Влади��лав Tornovoi

Влади��лав Tornovoi, 22, был найден мертвым в начале этого ме��яца в дет��к��ю площадк�� за пределами многоквартирного дома, где он выро��.

Он был раздет, зло��потреблял (G: изна��иловал) �� б��тылками пива, и били �� бетонным блоком. Его ��бийцы затем попытал��я ����тановить его тело в огне.

Два человека аре��тованы за его ��бий��тво были его др��зьями, один из них знает его �� дет��тва. Они пили вме��те в т�� ночь.

Следователи ��тверждают, что один из м��жчин признал��я, что они ��били его, потом�� что он ��казал им, что он гей.

Полиция видео показывает один из подозреваемых время верн��ли на ��цен�� и попро��или продемон��трировать, и��польз��я манекен, как он напал на ��воего др��га.

Когда детектив ��пра��ивает его, почем��, он отвечает: “Потом�� что он ��казал, что он педик”.

Г-н Tornovoi отец ��ндрей ра����казал Sky News он должен был похоронить ��воего ��ына в закрытом гроб�� – что его травмы были на��только ��ерьезными, врачи по��оветовали ем�� от про��мотра его тела.

По��мертные запи��ал причин�� ��мерти как т��пой травмы головы, но также отметили ��ерьезные повреждения вн��тренних органов и половых органов.

Но он отказывает��я верить его ��ын��, возможно, возможно был геем – ��видетель��тв��ют об обратном, он ��казал нам, позорит его памяти.

Ро����ии полиция задерживает гей-активи��т прав во время митинга вне Д��мы в де��ятках мо��ков��ких человек были задержаны на митинге

“Это был ��ок, когда его др��зья и род��твенники ��знали, что он гей. Что вы говорите, как он может быть геем? Он жил нормальной жизнью”, ��казал он.

Некоторые из др��зей го��подина Влади��лава также на��таивал, что он не мог были геями, что его ��бийцы изобрел ��вою пьян��ю и��поведь пытают��я оправдать то, что они ��делали, и вызвать обще��твенное ��оч��в��твие.

Один из его быв��их однокла����ников, подозреваемые были поздравили на различных блогах и р������ких ��айтов.

Валерия Горан объя��нил: “Люди пи��али« менее геи – боль��е ��ча��тья »,« Эти парни, которые ��били на��их Влада были правы ».

Волгоград являет��я же��тким, промы��ленном городе, вдали от небо��кребов и ��портивных автомобилей ��толицы Мо��квы.

В чем был когда-то изве��тен как Сталинград, где они гордят��я ��воей ��овет��кой и��тории.

Школьники т��т еще взять их торже��твенное ��вою очередь, чтобы охранять Вечный огонь – их ��чат, что именно зде��ь Кра��ная ��рмия бро��ила вызов немецким нати��ком, чтобы обе��печить побед�� в Великой Отече��твенной войне.

Но в ��овременной Ро����ии, их правитель��тво ре��ило эти дети не н��жно никакого образования о правах геев.

Для того, чтобы «защитить их нрав��твенно��ть”, парламент ��траны находит��я в проце����е принятия федерального закона, который б��дет ��читать “пропагандой гомо��ек����ализма” В��я такая информация, и карает��я здоровенный ��траф.

Маловероятно, чтобы бро��ить вызов отно��ений в ��тране, где, ��огла��но по��ледним опро��ам, более трех четвертей на��еления ��же д��маю гомо��ек����ализм являет��я либо плохая привычка, болезнь или рез��льтат травмы.

Около 73% заявили, что го����дар��тво должно подавлять п��блично гей поведения. “- Sky News

END
Влади��лав Tornovoi
Первая Образ Ро����ии гей Hate жертва ��бий��тва Влади��лава Tornovoi

Доминик Gover

Межд��народный Бизне�� тайм�� Великобритании 13 мая 2013 6:29 вечера GMT

Влади��лав Tornovoi
Влади��лав Tornovoi
“Это молодой человек, пытали, а затем ��бит в ��жа��ной атаки бандитов за то, что гей.
Влади��лав Tornovoi, 23, напали двое м��жчин в городе Волгограде, который из��родовал его гениталии и изна��иловала его �� б��тылкой пива.

В ��бий��тве, которое вызвало возм��щение по в��ей Ро����ии и за р��бежом, лицо молодого человека было разбито камнем, а затем подожгли.

Tornovoi был ��бит в��коре по��ле прихода в каче��тве гея �� др��зьями во время пьяной празднования Дня Победы.

Двое м��жчин в возра��те 22 и 27-летних – которые, как ��тверждает��я в др��зья Tornovoi, находят��я под аре��том по подозрению в ��бий��тве его.

Первое изображение Tornovoi приходит как гей-активи��ты прав о����жденных Кремля, ��тверждая, что правитель��тво являет��я ��о��ча��тником в его ��мерти клеймить ��ек����альных мень��ин��тв.

Законы, запрещающие “пропаганд�� гомо��ек����ализма” ����тановлены на прийти в ��ил�� в ближай��ее время при поддержке из Д��мы – р������кий парламент.

��ктиви��т Николай ��лек��еев ��ообщил The Moscow Times: “Политиче��кие деятели ��провоцировали анти-гей на��троений, изображая гей-��ообще��тва как ��борищем ��родов”, ��казал ��лек��еев. “Они являют��я ��о��ча��тниками ��бий��тва.”

��зве��тный активи��т Николай Баев также ��тверждал, президент Владимир П��тин был “��ообщником” в ��бий��тве.

Пи��ьменно��ть на ��айте GayRussia, Баев ��казал: “” Президент П��тин, раздавить голов�� Влади��лава Tornovoi! Ли��ить его, пока он не голый. Сломать ем�� ребра, избили его лицо и за����н��ть б��тылк�� ��вой ан����. Убейте его, он про��то гей “.

На волне Tornovoi ��окир��ющей ��мерти, в марте пред��тоящего гей-гордо��ти в ��толице Мо��кве 25 мая, мог��т быть выделены для молодого человека организаторами. ”
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Russia: Gay rights activists to defy rally ban after torture and murder of 22yr old Vladislav Tornovoi in Volgograd – 250513 0945z

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The brutal murder of a man for being gay has highlighted the dangers of being homosexual in Russia.

7:39am UK (0639Z GMT/UTC), Saturday 25 May 2013

Gay rights march in St Petersburg on May 1

By Katie Stallard, Russia Correspondent

�Activists will attempt to hold a gay pride march in Moscow despite being banned by authorities and warned they will be breaking the law.

City officials have promised the action will be �thwarted� and protesters face being arrested and fined. But they say they are determined to make their voices heard.

The torture and murder of a young man in Volgograd has focused attention on the issue of homophobia in Russia and what human rights groups claim is an increasingly dangerous situation.

Vladislav Tornovoi, 22, was found dead earlier this month in a children�s playground outside the block of flats where he grew up.

He had been stripped, abused with beer bottles, and beaten with a concrete block. His killers then tried to set his body on fire.

The two men arrested for his murder were his friends, one of them has known him since childhood. They had been drinking together that night.

Investigators say one of the men confessed that they had killed him because he told them he was gay.

A police video shows one of the suspects being brought back to the scene and asked to demonstrate, using a mannequin, how he attacked his friend.

When a detective asks him why, he replies: �Because he said he was a fag�.

Mr Tornovoi�s father Andrei told Sky News he had to bury his son in a closed casket � that his injuries were so severe the doctors advised him against viewing his body.

Police arrest a gay rights activists during a protest in Moscow in January

The post-mortem recorded the cause of death as blunt trauma to the head, but also noted serious internal injuries and genital mutilation.

But he refuses to believe his son could possibly have been gay � to suggest otherwise, he told us, dishonours his memory.

�It was a shock when his friends and relatives heard that he was gay. What are you talking about, how can he be gay? He was living a normal life,� he said.

Some of Mr Vladislav�s friends have also insisted that he could not have been gay, that his killers invented his drunken confession to try to justify what they had done, and elicit public sympathy.

One of his former classmates said the suspects have been congratulated on various blogs and Russian websites.

Valeriya Goran explained: �People wrote �less gays � more happiness�, �These guys who killed our Vlad were right�.�

Volgograd is a tough, industrial city, far from the skyscrapers and sports cars of the capital Moscow.

In what was once known as Stalingrad where they are proud of their Soviet history.

The schoolchildren here still take their solemn turn to guard the eternal flame � they are taught that this was where the Red army defied the German onslaught, to secure victory in the Great Patriotic War.

But in modern Russia, their government has decided these children don�t need any education about gay rights.

In order to �protect their morality�, the country�s parliament is in the process of passing a federal law that will deem all such information �homosexual propaganda�, and punishable by a hefty fine.

It is unlikely to challenge attitudes in a country where, according to the latest polls, more than three quarters of the population already think homosexuality is either a bad habit, a disease or the result of trauma.

Some 73% said the state should suppress publicly gay behaviour.�

END

Vladislav Tornovoi

First Image of Russia Gay Hate Murder Victim Vladislav Tornovoi

By Dominic Gover

May 13, 2013 6:29 PM GMT

Vladislav Tornovoi

�This is the young man tortured and then killed in a gruesome attack by thugs for being gay.

Vladislav Tornovoi, 23, was attacked by two men in the city of Volgograd, who mutilated his genitals and raped him with a beer bottle.

In an murder which has sparked outrage across Russia and overseas, the young man�s face was smashed with a rock and was then set on fire.

Tornovoi was allegedly killed shortly after coming out as gay to friends during a boozy Victory Day celebration.

Two men� aged 22 and 27-years-old � who were reportedly Tornovoi�s friends, are under arrest on suspicion of killing him.

The first image of Tornovoi comes as gay rights activists condemned the Kremlin by claiming the government is an accomplice in his death for stigmatizing sexual minorities.

Laws which ban �homosexual propaganda� are set to come in to force soon under support from the Duma � the Russian parliament.

Campaigner�Nikolai Alexeyev told the Moscow Times: �Political figures have provoked anti-gay sentiment by�portraying the�gay community as a�bunch of�freaks,� Alexeyev said. �They are accomplices in�the killing.�

Prominent activist Nikolai Bayev also claimed President Vladimir Putin was an �accomplice� in the killing.

Writing on the GayRussia website, Bayev said: ��President Putin, crush the�head of�Vladislav Tornovoi! Strip him until he�s naked. Break his ribs, beat his face and�shove a�bottle up his anus. Kill him, he�s just a�gay.�

In the wake of Tornovoi�s shocking death, an upcoming gay pride march in the capital city Moscow on May 25, could be dedicated to the young man by organisers.�

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Зверское убийство человека за то, что гей высветил опасность в гомосексуализме в России.�

 

7:39 утра Великобритании (0639Z GMT / UTC), в субботу 25 мая 2013

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“Активисты будет попытка провести гей-парад в Москве, несмотря на запрет властей и предупредили, что они будут нарушать закон.

Городские власти обещали действие будет “сорвали” и протестующими смотрят на быть арестованы и оштрафованы. Но они говорят, что они полны решимости сделать их голос был услышан.

Пытки и убийства молодого человека в Волгоградской сосредоточил внимание на проблеме гомофобии в России и что такое права человека группы утверждают, становится все более опасной ситуации.

Владислав Tornovoi, 22, был найден мертвым в начале этого месяца в детскую площадку за пределами многоквартирного дома, где он вырос.

Он был раздет, злоупотреблять с бутылками пива, и били с бетонным блоком. Его убийцы затем попытался установить его тело в огне.

Два человека арестованы за его убийство были его друзьями, один из них знает его с детства. Они пили вместе в ту ночь.

Следователи утверждают, что один из мужчин признался, что они убили его, потому что он сказал им, что он гей.

Полиция видео показывает один из подозреваемых время вернули на сцену и попросили продемонстрировать, используя манекен, как он напал на своего друга.

Когда детектив спрашивает его, почему, он отвечает: “Потому что он сказал, что он педик”.

Г-н Tornovoi отец Андрей рассказал Sky News он должен был похоронить своего сына в закрытом гробу – что его травмы были настолько серьезными, врачи посоветовали ему от просмотра его тела.

Россия
Полиция арестовала прав гомосексуалистов во время акции протеста в Москве в январе

Посмертные записал причину смерти как тупой травмы головы, но также отметили серьезные повреждения внутренних органов и половых органов.

Но он отказывается верить его сыну, возможно, возможно был геем – свидетельствуют об обратном, он сказал нам, позорит его памяти.

“Это был шок, когда его друзья и родственники узнали, что он гей. Что вы говорите, как он может быть геем? Он жил нормальной жизнью “, сказал он.

Некоторые из друзей господина Владислава также настаивал, что он не мог были геями, что его убийцы изобрел свою пьяную исповедь пытаются оправдать то, что они сделали, и вызвать общественное сочувствие.

Один из его бывших одноклассников, подозреваемые были поздравили на различных блогах и русских сайтов.

Валерия Горан объяснил: “Люди писали� менее геи – больше счастья �,� Эти парни, которые убили наших Влада были правы �.

Волгоград является жестким, промышленном городе, вдали от небоскребов и спортивных автомобилей столицы Москвы.

В чем был когда-то известен как Сталинград, где они гордятся своей советской истории.

Школьники тут еще взять их торжественное свою очередь, чтобы охранять Вечный огонь – их учат, что именно здесь Красная Армия бросила вызов немецким натиском, чтобы обеспечить победу в Великой Отечественной войне.

Но в современной России, их правительство решило эти дети не нужно никакого образования о правах геев.

Для того, чтобы �защитить их нравственность”, парламент страны находится в процессе принятия федерального закона, который будет считать “пропагандой гомосексуализма” Вся такая информация, и карается здоровенный штраф.

Маловероятно, чтобы бросить вызов отношений в стране, где, согласно последним опросам, более трех четвертей населения уже думаю гомосексуализм является либо плохая привычка, болезнь или результат травмы.

Около 73% заявили, что государство должно подавлять публично гей поведение “.

END

Владислав Tornovoi

Первая Образ России гей Hate жертва убийства Владислава Tornovoi

Доминик Gover

Международный Бизнес таймс Великобритании 13 мая 2013 6:29 вечера GMT

Владислав Tornovoi
Владислав Tornovoi

“Это молодой человек, пытали, а затем убит в ужасной атаки бандитов за то, что гей.

Владислав Tornovoi, 23, напали двое мужчин в городе Волгограде, который изуродовал его гениталии и изнасиловала его с бутылкой пива.

В убийстве, которое вызвало возмущение по всей России и за рубежом, лицо молодого человека было разбито камнем, а затем подожгли.

Tornovoi был убит вскоре после прихода в качестве гея с друзьями во время пьяной празднования Дня Победы.

Двое мужчин в возрасте 22 и 27-летних – которые, как утверждается в друзья Tornovoi, находятся под арестом по подозрению в убийстве его.

Первое изображение Tornovoi приходит как гей-активисты прав осужденных Кремля, утверждая, что правительство является соучастником в его смерти клеймить сексуальных меньшинств.

Законы, запрещающие “пропаганду гомосексуализма” установлены на прийти в силу в ближайшее время при поддержке из Думы – русский парламент.

Активист Николай Алексеев сообщил The Moscow Times: “Политические деятели спровоцировали анти-гей настроений, изображая гей-сообщества как сборищем уродов”, сказал Алексеев. “Они являются соучастниками убийства.”

Известный активист Николай Баев также утверждал, президент Владимир Путин был “сообщником” в убийстве.

Письменность на сайте GayRussia, Баев сказал: “” Президент Путин, раздавить голову Владислава Tornovoi! Лишить его, пока он не голый. Сломать ему ребра, избили его лицо и засунуть бутылку свой анус. Убейте его, он просто гей “.

На волне Tornovoi шокирующей смерти, в марте предстоящего гей-гордости в столице Москве 25 мая, могут быть выделены для молодого человека организаторами. “

RUSSIA: Yefremov Tornado leaves 20 injured (inc 3 children) and 213 buildings incl 179 homes damaged, where almost 5,000 people live – 230513 1500z

State of emergency imposed in Tula Region hit by whirlwind

Photo ITAR-TASS

“MOSCOW, May 23 (Itar-Tass) – A state of emergency is imposed in the Tula Region, in accordance with the governor’s directions, the Emergencies Ministry’s regional department told Itar-Tass on Thursday.

On Wednesday, the southern and central districts of the city of Yefremov, the Tula Region, were severely hit by a “small tornado”.

Emergencies ministry sources told Itar-Tass that 213 constructions, including 179 residential buildings, where almost 5,000 people reside, were damaged. Windows in buildings were shattered, roof sheets were torn off. The roofs of five schools and two kindergartens were damaged. Among the damaged sites are nine administrative buildings — the administration, a museum, the prosecutor’s office. the city gas service office, the tax police office, the treasury, a garment factory, a repair station and the registry service — and 18 stores. More than 50 trees and 15 light poles fell. Twenty houses are still left without electricity.

Twenty people needed medical care, including three children. One person is hospitalized.

More than 3,500 people are mobilized to deal with the consequences.

The work to clear the areas of debris and broken trees and resume electricity supply to 20 private houses is expected to be completed by 18:00 this Thursday, the Russian Emergencies Ministry’s information department said.

Six km of roads are already cleared, and 400 cub/m of debris is carried away.

According to the preliminary estimates, 3,300 sq m of slate and 750 sq m of glass must be replaced.

Mobile teams are sent to the site from the Lipetsk and Oryol regions.”

Other Reports

Russian tornado injures 20

“A tornado has torn roofs from schools and other structures in a town south of Moscow. It damaged 180 buildings and injured 20 people, including 3 small children.

The twister struck on Wednesday in the town of Yefremov in the Tula region, about 300 kilometers south of the Russian capital.
It ripped off the roofs and shattered windows of homes, schools and kindergartens.

Video images show a funnel cloud sucking up objects and debris as it approaches the town.

Gale-force winds flipped over cars and uprooted trees.

Workers from Russia’s Ministry for Emergency Situations have arrived in Yefremov to survey damage, and help with repairs and restoring the power supply.

Russia’s meteorological agency says atmospheric conditions were unstable at the time the twister struck, due to a passing cold front.

May 23, 2013 – Updated 01:04 UTC” – NHK

(Photo: efremov-town.ru) 22 MAY 2013 – RUSSIA: Yefremov-Tornado. Damage photo shows a damaged house in Yefremov town. (source: Yefremov-Town) via SkyWarn Europe

“Over a dozen people were injured and 80 buildings damaged after a rare

tornado ripped through the small town of Yefremov in central Russia. Most

injuries are caused by broken windows. A state of emergency was announced

by the Tula Governor Vladimir Gruzdev, who arrived in the wind-swept town

on Wednesday night. “Now the region will be able to request help from

federal relief funds,” Gov. Gruzdev said at an operative meeting. The

regional authority said it was going to allocate $1,600 in damages to every

low-income resident hit by the mini twister.” – http://russian-law.livejournal.com

(Photo: pics.top.rbc.ru) 22 MAY 2013 – RUSSIA: Yefremov-Tornado. Damage photo showing a thrown part of a small framehouse. (source: SLON) via SkyWarn Europe

Meteorologist and Extreme Storm Chaser,� Reed Timmer, said, “Conditions were very similar to the central plains of the us today over the Tula region south of Moscow,, There may have been more supercells and tornadoes will see as news filters out.”

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Amazing Tornado Footage from Yefremov, Tula Oblast, Russia

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Published on 23 May 2013

May 22 – This Crazy Cameraman desides to shoot this footage from close

Tornado in the Tula area. Yefremov. Russia

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Tornado in Russia – Efremov (Tula Region)

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Russian (Google translation)

Чрезвычайное положение, введенное в Тульской области пострадали от смерча

Чрезвычайное положение, введенное в Тульской области пострадали от смерча
Фото ИТАР-ТАСС

“МОСКВА, 23 мая (ИТАР-ТАСС) – чрезвычайного положения, введенные в Тульской области, в соответствии с указаниями губернатора, чрезвычайным ситуациям регионального отделения министерства сообщили ИТАР-ТАСС в четверг.

В среду, южные и центральные районы города Ефремова Тульской области, были серьезно пострадали от “малых Торнадо�.

Источники МЧС сообщили ИТАР-ТАСС, что 213 сооружений, в том числе 179 жилых домов, где почти 5000 человек проживают, были повреждены. Окон зданий были разрушены, крыша листы были сорваны. Крыши из пяти школ и два детских сада были повреждены. Среди поврежденных участков девять административных зданий – администрация, музей, прокуратуру. службе городской газ, Управлением налоговой полиции, казначейства, швейная фабрика, ремонт станции и реестра сервисов – и 18 магазинов. Более 50 деревьев и 15 фонарных столбов упал. Двадцать домов все еще остаются без электричества.

Двадцать человек нуждались в медицинской помощи, в том числе трое детей. Один человек госпитализирован.

Более 3500 человек будут мобилизованы для борьбы с последствиями.

Работы, чтобы очистить область от мусора и сломанные деревья и возобновить электроснабжение 20 частных домов, как ожидается, будет завершена к 18:00 в этот четверг, МЧС России в информационном отделе сказали.

Шесть км дорог уже рассеялся, и 400 куб / м мусора уносится.

По предварительным оценкам, 3300 квадратных метров шифера и 750 кв м из стекла должна быть заменена.

Мобильные бригады направляются на сайт из Липецкой и Орловской областях. ”
Другие отчеты
России торнадо травмы 20
“Торнадо порвал крыш от школ и других структур в городке к югу от Москвы. Это повреждены 180 зданий и ранены 20 человек, в том числе 3 маленьких детей.

Twister ударил по среду в городе Ефремов Тульской области, примерно в 300 километрах к югу от столицы России.
Он сорвал крыши и выбиты стекла в домах, школах и детских садах.

Видео изображения показывают воронкообразное облако сосать до объектов и мусора по мере приближения к городу.

Ураганных ветров перевернул автомобили и выкорчеваны деревья.

Работники Министерства России по чрезвычайным ситуациям прибыли в Ефремов обследовать повреждения, а также помочь с ремонтом и восстановлением питания.

Метеорологическое агентство России говорит атмосферные условия были нестабильными во время торнадо ударил, из-за мимолетного холодного фронта.

23 мая 2013 – Обновленный 1:04 UTC “- NHK

(Фото: Ефремов-town.ru) 22 Май 2013 – РОССИЯ: Ефремов-торнадо. Нанесенный фотография показывает поврежденный дом в городе Ефремов. (Источник: Ефремов-Town) через Skywarn Европе

“Более десятка человек получили ранения и 80 зданий, поврежденных после редкой

торнадо разорвал через небольшой город Ефремов в центральной России. Наиболее

травм вызваны разбитыми окнами. Чрезвычайное положение было объявлено

по Тульской области Владимир Груздев, который прибыл в ветрам города

в ночь на среду. “Теперь региона смогут обратиться за помощью

федеральных фондов помощи, “Губернатор Груздев заявил на оперативном совещании.

региональная власть заявила, что собирается выделить $ 1600 в качестве компенсации каждому

с низким уровнем доходов резидента пострадали от мини-твистер “-. http://russian-law.livejournal.com

(Фото: pics.top.rbc.ru) 22 Май 2013 – РОССИЯ: Ефремов-торнадо. Нанесенный фото показывает брошены частью небольшой framehouse. (Источник: СЛОН) через Skywarn Европе

Метеоролог и экстремальных Chaser Буря, Рид Тиммер, сказал: �Условия были очень похожи на центральные равнины нам сегодня по Тульской области к югу от Москвы, Там, возможно, были более Суперклетки и торнадо увидите как новости отфильтровывает�.
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Удивительные кадры из Торнадо Ефремов, Тульская область, Россия

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Опубликовано 23 мая 2013

22 мая – это сумасшедшее Оператор ПОСТОНАВЛЯЕТ снимать эти кадры с близкого
Торнадо в Тульской области. Ефремов. Россия

(Видео кредита: vadimcazacu)
Торнадо в России – Ефремов (Тульская область)

(Видео кредита: AlejandroToresBlade)

 

Russian demonstrators seek LGBT rights

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России демонстранты стремятся прав ЛГБТ

Опубликовано 17 мая 2013 года Колин Стюарт

ЛГБТ-организации Выход права помогли организовать акцию протеста сегодня в Санкт-Петербурге, Россия, и выпустили эту версию событий дня:
Санкт-Петербурге протестующие выпустили радужные шары в поддержку прав ЛГБТ и черные воздушные шары в знак протеста против насилия в отношении геев. (Фото Ольги Wagina)

Санкт-Петербурге протестующие выпустили радужные шары в поддержку прав ЛГБТ и черные воздушные шары в знак протеста против насилия в отношении геев. (Фото Ольги Wagina)

Один из крупнейших демонстраций ЛГБТ в России состоялся в Санкт-Петербурге

Сегодня более 150 представителей ЛГБТ и их друзей и союзников собрались на Марсово поле, “Гайд-парк” Санкт-Петербурга, в честь Владислава Tornovoy и других жертв гомофобных преступлений на почве ненависти, что делает его одним из крупнейших публичной демонстрации ЛГБТ когда-либо в России . ЛГБТ-активисты присоединились члены гражданских и человеческих прав групп, таких как “Солдатские матери”, “Солидарность”, борьбы с дискриминацией центра Мемориал, партии Яблоко и другие.

Около 150 протестующих против, состоявшейся в бухте полицией барьеры, представлены фотографии жертв педофилов, кричали оскорбления, бросил дыма гранулы и мелкие камни в демонстрантов. Среди них были два радикалов, которые в настоящее время под судом за нападение на ЛГБТ-активистов в прошлом году. Один из протестующих против лидеров был Виталий Милонов, автор �пропаганда� закона и Единая Россия городского парламента депутат.

После нескольких слов Ольги Ленкова, выйдя из активистов, и минута молчания, воздушные шары были выпущены в воздух. Демонстранты скандировали лозунги “Нет фашизму� и �гомофобия является позором для города”, и отображается основная баннер �Гомофобия убивает. Остановите ненависти! ”

Через десять минут после события, а обеспечение защиты, полиция потребовала, чтобы обернуть демонстрации, по причине “реальную угрозу для здоровья и безопасности граждан” (как указано в официальном документе, представленном). Участники демонстрации вели в автобусы и увозят к далеко станций метро под конвоем полиции.
Анти-гей протестующие бросали дыма гранулы, оскорбления и небольшие камни в демонстрантов прав ЛГБТ. (Фото: Ольга W)

Анти-гей протестующие бросали дыма гранулы, оскорбления и небольшие камни в демонстрантов прав ЛГБТ. (Фото Ольги Wagina)

Сегодняшняя акция показала, что с одной стороны, после принятия �пропаганда� права в Санкт-Петербурге, гомофобных агрессоры стали смелее и лучше организованным. С другой стороны, несмотря на рост насилия и запугивания, а, порой, в результате из них, ЛГБТ-люди становятся все более готовы открыто выступают в защиту своих прав, и соединены все больше и больше гетеросексуальных союзников в их борьбе – эффект противоположный от того, что �пропаганда� закон был предназначен, чтобы есть. При поддержке и участии представителей ЛГБТ-сообщества, мы будем продолжать бороться за права каждого человека чувствовать себя в безопасности в России, независимо от их сексуальной ориентации или гендерной идентичности.

Акция была организована в Санкт-Петербурге ЛГБТ организация в партнерстве с Альянсом Стриты по вопросам равенства ЛГБТ.

Видео от действия:

http://youtu.be/EBE2YOz8jn8
http://youtu.be/PoZbWPItJxo
http://youtu.be/j_Gtn7quLZM
http://youtu.be/b9P3EUDyheU

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The LGBT rights organization Coming Out helped organize a protest today in St. Petersburg, Russia, and released this account of the day’s events:

One of the Largest LGBT Demonstrations in Russia took place in St. Petersburg

Today, over 150 LGBT people and their friends and allies gathered on Marsovo Pole, the “Hyde Park” of St. Petersburg, to commemorate Vladislav Tornovoy and other victims of homophobic hate crimes, making this one of the largest public LGBT demonstration ever in Russia. LGBT activists were joined by members of civil and human rights groups, such as “Soldiers’ mothers”, “Solidarity”, Anti-Discrimination Center Memorial, Yabloko party, and others.

Around 150 counter-protesters, held at bay by police barriers, displayed photos of victims of pedophiles, shouted slurs, threw smoke pellets and small stones at the demonstrators. Among those were two radicals who are currently on trial for the attacks on LGBT activists last year. One of the…

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Japan: Fire aboard freighter in Wakkanai port leaves 6 Russian crew dead, 3 injured – 170513 1720z

Six bodies found after fire on ship in Japan

“TOKYO � Six bodies, suspected to be those of Russian crew members, were found aboard a cargo ship that caught fire on Thursday while anchored in a Japanese port, a coastguard and news reports said.

Fire took hold of the 497-tonne Cambodian-registered freighter, Taigan, which has been in the port of Wakkanai in northern Japan since Tuesday, said an official at the local coastguard office.

A total of 23 Russian and Ukrainian crew members were on the ship, which had transported crabs from a Sakhalin port. Six of them — all Russian — had been unaccounted for, the coastguard said.

“We have found six bodies in the ship and are now identifying them,” the official said, adding that two other crew members were hospitalised for burns but neither was in a life-threatening condition.

Local reports said the six victims were the missing Russian crew members.

The fire was put out by early Thursday afternoon, the official added.” – AFP 160513

6 dead in freighter fire at Wakkanai

Six sailors were found dead after a fire on a foreign freighter docked at a port in Hokkaido, northern Japan.
The sailors are presumed to be Russians.

The incident occurred on the Cambodian-registered ship “Taigan” docked at Wakkanai port.

Authorities were alerted of the fire at around 1:45 AM on Thursday. Firefighters and Japan Coast Guard patrol boats were deployed. The emergency personnel took 11 hours to extinguish the fire.

Firefighters said they found 6 male bodies inside the vessel. Police have yet to confirm their identities, but they believe they are the 6 Russian crew members still unaccounted for.

23 Russian and Ukrainian crewmembers were on board the vessel. Three are being treated at a hospital for burns and other injuries.

Japanese Police are questioning the captain of the ship as part of their investigation.

The freighter entered the port on Tuesday carrying a load of Russian crabs.

May 16, 2013 – Updated 07:32 UTC

Six bodies of sailors found in a burned-out ship at the Japanese port of Wakkanai

ruvr.ru May 16, 2013 11:05 Moscow Time

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Six people were killed on Thursday as a result of a fire that broke out on the ship “Taigan” carrying Russian-Ukrainian crew, which had docked at the Japanese port of Wakkanai. The bodies of those dead were found by rescuers, said the local branch of the Japanese Maritime Safety department.

The fire on the ship, which lasted more than 11 hour�s has been extinguished. After the start of the fire most of the crew, including the captain left the ship. Three sailors were taken to hospital, their lives are reportedly out of danger. Currently, the Japanese authorities, together with the captain of the ship are investigating into cause of the incident.

The ship “Taigan” with a capacity of 497 tons was docked at Wakkanai on the northernmost Japanese island of Hokkaido on May 14th with the flag of Cambodia flying on its deck. The ship was carrying a load of crabs from the port of Korsakov of Sakhalin Oblast in Russia. Initially the ship had a crew of 14 Russians and 4 Ukrainians on board. In Wakkanai they were joined by five more Russians.” – ruvr.ru

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Published on 16 May 2013

Six Russian crew members have died in a fire aboard their freighter which was docked at a northern Japanese port. The Taigan caught fire just after 1 a.m. on Thursday. It took about 12 hours for firefighters to put out the blaze. (May 16)

Russia: Helicopter carrying at least 9 (inc snr rescue service officials) and 1.9 tonnes of explosives crashes in Siberia – 060513 1855z

Russia�s Emergency Ministry confirms missing helicopter found destroyed in Irkutsk (Photo: en.trend.az)

Fragments of the fuselage found in the Irkutsk region in the past hour may belong to the missing Mi-8 helicopter.
A source from “Angara” airline said that “Fragments that may belong to the missing helicopter had been discovered from an aircraft. We reported the discovery to all authorities. Hopefully, the Emergency Situations Ministry will assign search parties within minutes”.
Mi-8 Helicopter just gone missing in Irkutsk transported 2 tons of explosives.
The Mil Mi-8 helicopter assigned on a search mission in Russia’s Irkutsk region went missing itself with almost two tons of explosives and 10 people on board.
The helicopter belonged to the aircarrier “Angara” and was engaged in anti-flood works in the area.
Monday, 06 May, 2013 at 13:34 (01:34 PM) UTC RSOE

Other Reports

Russian helicopter carrying nine crashes

(Photo: en.rian.ru) Mi-8 helicopter. (Archive)

“A Russian helicopter carrying nine people including senior rescue service officials as well as almost two tonnes of explosives has crashed in the Irkutsk region of southern Siberia, regional officials said.

 

“The remains of the missing helicopter were found … six kilometres from the village of Preobrazhenka,” the Irkutsk regional emergency situations ministry said in a statement.

 

“There were nine people on board,” it said, listing the region’s acting emergency situations chief, Stanislav Omelyanchik, among those missing along with five other rescue officials and three crew.

 

The helicopter took off from the nearest village Preobrazhenka and was bound for the Nizhnyaya Tunguska river when it stopped responding, the ministry said on its website on Monday.

 

The region’s deputy emergency minister Valentin Nelyubov told the RIA Novosti news agency that the helicopter was carrying 1.9 tonnes of explosives for breaking up ice blocking the river

 

The Preobrazhenka village had been in a state of emergency as water level rose almost nine metres after the ice blocked the water flow and 125 homes were flooded, the regional government said earlier.

 

The helicopter had flown out to take part in a flood rescue operation near the village in the north of the vast Irkutsk region, which is around 5,000 kilometres from Moscow.

 

The wreckage was discovered around 4 1/2 hours after the aircraft disappeared from the radar.

 

The multifunctional Russian-made Mi-8 helicopter is used by the military and by UN peacekeepers.

 

The crash took place a day after hunters located the wreckage of a small plane that crashed killing all 13 aboard in June last year, but had gone undiscovered for 11 months in an impassable bog in the Urals region.” – theaustralian.com.au

Russia�s Emergency Ministry confirms missing helicopter found destroyed in Irkutsk

“Mi-8 helicopter that disappeared on Monday in the Irkutsk region is found destroyed, spokesman for the Russian Emergencies Ministry Irina Rossius confirmed to reporters, RIA Novosti reported.

“Mi-8 helicopter is detected in 7 kilometers from the Preobrazhenka settlement with signs of destruction,” she said. No official information has been reported yet on the fate of ten people on board the helicopter.

Meanwhile, a source in law enforcement agencies told RIA Novosti earlier that among those experts on board the helicopter was the Acting Head of the Regional Emergency Department Omelyanchik.” – en.trend.az

 

LGBT marchers defy St. Petersburg anti-gay law

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RAINBOW МАЯ мартовский день на ул. САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГ, РОССИЯ

1 мая истинный “гей-парада” состоялась в мае день марта в Санкт-Петербурге, Россия.

80-100 человек прошли по Санкт-Петербургского исторического центрального проспекта, с радужными флагами и лозунгами �Нет позорной гомофобных закон! Давайте остановим ненависть и дискриминацию вместе! “ЛГБТ в состав более широкой демократической колонна, состоящая из различных демократических групп и политических партий Санкт-Петербурга.

Несмотря на попытки полиции запретить развертывание флагами радуги в начале марта, активисты смогли пройти по всему маршруту с флагами радуги и баннеров.

Ольга Ленкова, ЛГБТ организация Выход деятель, выступая на
конце митинга о важности солидарности: “Многие люди думают, что проблемы ЛГБТ являются частными вопросами. Но это не так. В обществе, которое готово дискриминацию одного, никто не застрахован от дискриминации. …
Мы натравливают друг друга по правительству, под видом заботы о нравственности детей, и мифы о Но я хочу напомнить всем нам “иностранных агентов”.: Солидарность сильнее репрессий �!

“Мне казалось, гордость сегодня на Невском проспекте!” Сказал один из участников. Сегодня показал нам, что открытые демонстрации ЛГБТ возможны, несмотря на
“Пропаганду гомосексуализма” законы законом и другими подавляя свободу собраний и выражения мнений.

Первомайские демократическая колонна была организована коалиция Демократической Петербурге. Радуга колонка была организована ЛГБТ-организации выходит, Альянс гетеросексуалов за права ЛГБТ, и других членов коалиции.

Больше фотографий здесь: http://www.comingoutspb.ru/en/en-news/mayday
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Despite the St. Petersburg law against “gay propaganda,” dozens of people marched with rainbow flags through the center of the city today. The local LGBT organization Coming Out reported:

RAINBOW MAY DAY MARCH IN ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA

May 1st, a true “gay parade” took place at the May Day March in St. Petersburg, Russia.

80-100 people marched down the St. Petersburg historical central avenue, with rainbow flags and slogans such as “No to the shameful homophobic law! Let’s stop the hate and discrimination together!” LGBT made part of the larger Democratic column, consisting of various democratic groups and political parties of St. Petersburg.

Despite attempts by the police to ban deployment of rainbow flags at the beginning of the march, activists were able to pass along the entire route with rainbow flags and banners.

Olga Lenkova, LGBT organization Coming Out activist, spoke at the
end of the rally about the…

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Russia: At least 36 dead in fire in psychiatric hospital nr Moscow, 3 survive (named) – 260413 1150z

At least 38 people have been killed in a fire at a psychiatric hospital on the outskirts of Moscow that housed as many as 41 people, including medical staff.

The fire started around 2:30 am Moscow Time (22:30 GMT) in Psychiatric Hospital 14 in Ramenskoe.By the time fire rescue arrived, the entire one-story building was engulfed in flames. The fire started in a wing for special treatment patients. One nurse managed to escape the blaze, bringing two patients out of the building to safety, where they were found by firefighters. The nurse told reporters that she was woken up by the fire alarm, and ran into the hallway where she saw a chair burning. She remembers seeing a flash. Firefighters found the bodies of 12 dead people, according to ITAR-TASS. Four were found near the exit of the hospital, while eight others were found in the wards.

The hospital had bars on its windows, preventing people from escaping. Most of the bodies were found still in their beds. “The fire started when they were asleep,” a law enforcement source told TASS, adding that people had little chance to escape. “Some of them tried to escape but were poisoned by the products of combustion,” he said. The fire, meanwhile, has now been fully extinguished but the building “burned down almost completely.” “Some windows had bars, some did not,” doctor-in-chief of the facility, Murat Shahov told lifenews. He said that only two patients in the facility could not walk, the rest suffered severe psychological illnesses. “There were patients with acute psychosis, alcoholics and one drug addict. We also had patients with schizophrenia.”

Authorities point to faulty electric wiring and a short circuit as the possible cause. Forty five police have cordoned off the area and are investigating the cause of the fire. Currently there are 120 people working at the site of the tragedy, including 30 pieces of machinery. According to the Ministry of Health 18 ambulances were on site. The Emergencies Ministry has published a list of 41 patients and medical staff who were inside the facility when the fire started (full list in Russian). The patients ranged in age from 20 to 76. The two medical staff listed as “to be verified” are believed to be dead.

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Dozens dead in fire in psych ward near Moscow, 3 survive

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RUSSIA TODAY Published time: April 26, 2013 00:50

Edited time: April 26, 2013 10:48

At least 36 people have been killed in a fire at a psychiatric hospital on the outskirts of Moscow that housed as many as 41 people, including medical staff. A nurse and two patients were the only survivors.

Russia’s Investigative Committee has opened a criminal investigation into the fire, reporting that 36 people died, including two nurses. However, the Emergency Ministry has said that 38 died in the blaze.

Authorities point to faulty electric wiring and a short circuit as the possible cause. But, the investigators are looking into all possible causes of the fire, �śincluding careless use of fire”, Investigative Committee representative Irina Gumennaya told the media.

The fire started around 2:30 am Moscow Time (22:30 GMT) in Psychiatric Hospital 14 in Ramenskoe in a wing for special treatment patients. By the time fire rescue arrived, the entire one-story building was engulfed in flames. The fire burned an area of about 420 square meters.

One nurse managed to escape the blaze, bringing two patients out of the building to safety, where they were found by firefighters.

The nurse told reporters that she was woken up by the fire alarm, and ran into the hallway where she saw a couch burning. She remembers seeing a flash. �

Emergency response team eliminates fire at Mental Hospital No. 14 in the village of Ramensky of the Dmitrovsky District in the Moscow Region (RIA Novosti/Press-service of Russian Emergency Situations Ministry)

Authorities have recovered 36 bodies at the scene. “Seven died from carbon monoxide poisoning, while others perished from burns”, Gumennaya said.

Experts have begun to identify the dead bodies at a local hospital, the Emergency Ministry reported.

Rescuers found eight of the dead bodies by the exit inside the psychiatric hospital, suggesting that they were trying to escape but were prevented by the effects of carbon monoxide, RIA Novosti reported, quoting a source close to the investigation. 

Firefighters were delayed getting to the scene because of a closed river crossing – the trip took an hour instead of the expected 20 minutes, local media reported.

The hospital had bars on its windows, preventing people from escaping. Most of the bodies were found still in their beds.

�śThe fire started when they were asleep,�ť a law enforcement source told TASS, adding that people had little chance to escape. �śSome of them tried to escape but were poisoned by the products of combustion,” he said. The fire, meanwhile, has now been fully extinguished but the building “burned down almost completely.�ť

Emergency response team working on the fire scene at a mental hospital in the village of Ramensky. (RIA Novosti/Andrey Stenin)

�śSome windows had bars, some did not,�ť doctor-in-chief of the facility, Murat Shakhov told LifeNews tabloid. He said that only two patients in the facility could not walk, the rest suffered severe psychological illnesses.

�śThere were patients with acute psychosis, alcoholics and one drug addict. We also had patients with schizophrenia.�ť

Forty five police have cordoned off the area and are investigating the cause of the fire. Currently there are 120 people working at the site of the tragedy, including 30 pieces of machinery. According to the Ministry of Health 18 ambulances were on site.

Emergency response team working on the fire scene at a mental hospital in the village of Ramensky. (RIA Novosti/Andrey Stenin)

A half-meter-long tunnel was discovered dug out under the burned hospital, suggesting that one of the patients may have been planning an escape, according to Interfax.

Investigators reported that the fire started in the hospital’s common room.

“One of the patients who survived the fire told investigators that when he woke up, the blaze had already begun and a couch in a common room was burning. He added that a new patient was recently admitted who suffered from drug addiction and constantly smoked, disregarding safety rules”, Gumennaya added.

Another eyewitnesses described how firefighters could not extinguish the blaze due to a lack of water: �śThe first car arrived without water. Then another came – also empty. It was only the third car that had water,�ť local resident Yefim Volkov told the media.

Emergency response team working on the fire scene at a mental hospital in the village of Ramensky. (RIA Novosti/Andrey Stenin)

Some sources claimed that the patients were unable to escape the building in time because they were sedated by powerful drugs, Korrespondent.net reported.

�śThe chief psychiatrist of the hospital told the investigative team that there were special headgear available in case of a fire, but none of them were used,�ť an investigator told the media.�

One of the firefighters at the scene told reporters that the “building itself was all wooden, which made it easier for the fire to spread�ť. 

The Emergencies Ministry has published a list of 41 patients and medical staff who were inside the facility when the fire started (full list in Russian). The patients ranged in age from 20 to 76. The two medical staff listed as �śto be verified�ť are believed to be dead.

Fire inspectors made two visits to the hospital in 2012. During the first visit, a number of fire safety violations were found that were later fixed in time for the second inspection in August that same year.

Relatives of those killed in the fire will be paid 500,000 rubles ($16,000) in compensation, RIA Novosti quoted Moscow regional governor Andrey Vorobyov as saying.

Moscow declared April 27 to be a day of mourning for those killed in the psychiatric hospital fire.�

Tragic history of fires in medical facilities

Tragic blazes in medical facilities are common in Russia, with at least 18 cases in the past seven years.

Among the most notable was in 2009 in the Russian Republic of Komi, where a blaze in an old people’s home in the region took the lives of 23 people. Only three were saved in the incident.

23 people died in a fire at a wooden care home in the village of Podyelsk, Republic of Komi (RIA Novosti)

Two years earlier, a fire in the city of Tula, again in a home for the elderly, resulted in 32 victims. 247 patients, including medical staff were saved.

That same year, in 2007, another inferno in a care home claimed the lives 61 of victims. Only 35 people were saved.

Over 20 psychologists providing information and psychological support

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Over 20 psychologists of the Center of emergency psychological aid of the the Russian Emergencies Ministry, the Central Regional Centre and the Main Directorate of the Russian Emergencies Ministry in the Moscow region are working with the relatives of victims in a fire at a psychiatric hospital №14, Ramenskoye, Dmitrovsky district, Moscow region.

Psychological help is being provided by hot line 8 (800) 775-17-17, which has already received 114 calls.

LIST of administrative staff and patients the mental health facility №14�of Moscow Region, Dmitrovsky Municipal district, Kulikovsky rural settlment, Ramenskoye settlement,

Bolnichnaya St.6�(as of�06.00�26.04.2013)

Specified = feared dead

№	Last, first and middle names	Date of birth	Location	Annotation
1	Gladkikh Dmitry Andreevich	1987	evacuated	patient
2	Kulikova Diana Vladimirovna	1945	evacuated	patient
3	Volkova Victoria Viktorovna	1983	evacuated	administrative staff
4	Ambramenkov Vladimir Nikolaevich	1949	�specified	patient
5	Arkhipova Valentina Aleksandrovna	1957	�specified	patient
6	Gertsev Grigory Nikolaevich	1965	�specified	patient
7	Glinkin Denis Anatolievich	1976	�specified	patient
8	Gluboko Vyacheslav Nikolaevich	1951	�specified	patient
9	Grishin Igor Vladimirovich	1963	�specified	patient
10	Grushin Aleksandr Mikhailovich	1988	�specified	patient
11	Yegorushkin Vladimir Yurievich	1988	�specified	patient
12	Zhivotkov Aleksey Stepanovich	1941	�specified	patient
13	Ivanova Lubov Viktorovna	1993	�specified	patient
14	Isktin Nikolay Alekseevich	1956	�specified	patient
15	Kosachev Mikhail Nikolaevich	1972	�specified	patient
16	Kocheshkov Anatoly Viktorivich	1953	�specified	patient
17	Kruglyakov Igor Nikolaevich	1969	�specified	patient
18	Krylov Yuriy Vladimirovich	1957	�specified	patient
19	Kutyanin Yuriy Grigorievich	1941	�specified	patient
20	Lobzev Aleksandr Evgenievich	1954	�specified	patient
21	Maksman Boris Avgustovich	1960	�specified	patient
22	Medvedev Kiril Andreevich	1987	�specified	patient
23	Mensitova Marina Rustamovna	1963	�specified	patient
24	Netryakhin Evgeny Mikhailovich	1945	�specified	patient
25	Mikhailenko Olga Aleksandrovna	1977	�specified	patient
26	Sergey (Last and middle name was not determined)	presumably 1979	�specified	patient
27	Noskov Yuriy Mikhailovich	1961	�specified	patient
28	Peskov Aleksandr Vladimirovich	1977	�specified	patient
29	Podshibyakina Alevtina Vladimirovna	1974	�specified	patient
30	Prokhin Yuriy Aleksandrovich	1981	�specified	patient
31	Pchelkin Andrey Vladimirovich	1960	�specified	patient
32	Smartseva Valentina Vasilievna	1950	�specified	patient
33	Sokolova Maria Georgievna	1972	�specified	patient
34	Stepanova Svetlana Gurievna	1937	�specified	patient
35	Stroganov Boris Semenovich	1948	�specified	patient
36	Tomin Sergeevich	1960	�specified	patient
37	Frolov Genadiy Yurievich	1955	�specified	patient
38	Salimov Yuriy Leonidovich	1939	�specified	patient
39	Shchyukin Aleksandr Ivanivich	1979	�specified	patient
40	Popova Tamara Sergeevna	1941	�specified	administrative staff
41	Mayorova Tatiana Anatolievna

Thousands protest Russia’s anti-gay policies

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Russia’s many anti-LGBT initiatives landed Russian President Vladimir Putin in hot water during his visit to the Netherlands and Germany this week. As Euronews reported:

Thousands of people in Amsterdam turned out to demonstrate against a proposed anti-gay propaganda law in Russia, as President Vladimir Putin visited the Dutch capital on Monday.

The draft bill, which still needs a second reading and to be signed by Putin to become law, would see offenders handed a fine of 500,000 roubles (over 12,000 euros).

Euronews correspondent, James Franey said, “The ban on so-called homosexual propaganda is just one step in what gay rights activists have called a state-sponsored witch hunt. Just last year, a Moscow court slapped a 100-year ban on the city’s Gay Pride march. It’s not gone down well with Amsterdam City Hall officials, who have taken an unusual step of protesting against a visiting head of state.”

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Russia: UFO fall mystery, no meteorite near Tosno found – Emergencies Ministry – 080413 1545z

“Emergencies Ministry stuff are trying to ascertain precise location of crash of unidentified celestial object wrecked near town of Tosno in Leningrad Region.

Local resident was first who had reported about falling of an unidentified flying object from sky. He says this event happened at evening 6 April.

Evgeniy Galiev is resident of small town Tosno located in Leningrad Region. Нe turned to local Emergencies Ministry office and told that he had seen ‘dark stripes that turned into bright and rushed down, supposedly from unidentified flying object’.

He provided Emergencies Ministry’ stuff that arrived at site of the event photos that had been shot during the event as a proof.

At present personnel of Emergencies Ministry are trying to figure out origin of the effect that has been shot by eyewitness. They are checking flights of light aircrafts that had been performed from local airfields around time of the event.

Spokesman of Emergencies Ministry of Leningrad Region says that they still can’t find any fallen object in outlined quadrant as result of preliminary search. Search is complicated because of the area is very swampy.” – sott.net

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“MOSCOW, April 7 (RIA Novosti) �

Russia�s Emergencies Ministry rejected media reports on Sunday that a new meteorite had crashed in the country�s northwest.

 

Some media reports said on Sunday eye-witnesses saw the fall of an unidentified flying object near the town of Tosno in the Leningrad Region.

 

�No facts of the fall of a meteorite have been confirmed,� the ministry�s spokeswoman said.

 

Rescuers from the Emergencies Ministry went to the site of the presumed meteor crash after a call by eye-witnesses but did not find anything, she said.

 

Meteor mania started in Russia in February after a meteorite exploded over the Urals city of Chelyabinsk.

 

The meteorite slammed into the Urals region on February 15, landing with a massive boom that blew out windows and damaged thousands of buildings around Chelyabinsk, injuring 1,200 people in the area. Health officials say 52 people were hospitalized.

 

NASA estimates the meteorite was roughly 15 meters (50 feet) in diameter when it struck the Earth’s atmosphere, travelling faster than the speed of sound, and exploded in a fireball brighter than the sun. The meteor was the largest object to enter the planet�s atmosphere in 83 years.” –

Stephen Fry visits, supports LGBT activists in Russia

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On a March 14 trip to Russia, British actor/author Stephen Fry heard from LGBT activists about the increase in anti-gay violence since the passage of St. Petersburg’s “gay propaganda” law, which the Russian parliament is considering extending nationwide.

Fry said, “Although I’ve been horrified and upset, and angry at the brutish tyranny of the so many of the homophobic people who are supported by the government, what has touched me much more has been the work of the [LGBT] activists … and the people who stand up to bullying, stand up to homophobia, stand up to name calling, stand up to violence. And they do so, because they are proud of who they are. And they know they have the dignity and all the rights that any human being should have. And in time Russia will know that too,” Coming Out St. Petersburg reported.

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