Officials say it's unlikely any of the 64 people still trapped after an explosion at Russia's biggest hydro power plant are still alive. However, emergency crews continue working at the facility.

Two Su-27 fighter jets of the “Russian Knights” aerobatics team have crashed during a final rehearsal ahead of the MAKS 2009 Air Show in the Moscow region. The squadron leader died in the collision.

The Russian frigate Ladny has freed the “Arctic Sea” cargo ship in the Atlantic without firing a shot and arrested eight alleged hijackers, according to the country’s Defense Ministry.

The Interior minister of Ingushetia has been sacked by President Dmitry Medvedev, after local police failed to prevent a deadly blast in the republic's capital of Nazran.

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