Keyword: nizhnynovgorod https://freerepublic.com/tag/nizhnynovgorod/ en-us Sat, 7 Jun 2025 18:08:00 GMT Focus Forum 15 Huge fire breaks out at Russian oil refinery after suspected Ukrainian drone attack https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4321582/posts A huge blaze has erupted at an oil refinery in a Russian town that was hit by Ukrainian drones earlier this year. Footage shows a fire raging at the industrial site in Kstovo, around 500 miles from the front lines in eastern Ukraine. A thick column of black smoke poured from the plant, reportedly the Lukoil oil refinery in the Nizhny Novgorod region. i Paper https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4321582/posts#comment Sat, 7 Jun 2025 18:08:00 GMT Tularemia Outbreak in Russia-443 Cases-Origins Unknown https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1474841/posts Tularemia Outbreak in Russia –443 Cases-Origins Unknown The ProMed site carried a report this morning concerning a Tularemia outbreak in Russia –updated to 08/29/05. The ProMed heading says 334 cases have been reported, but simple arithmetic shows the number to be 443. Breakdown follows: 135 Moscow (Shatursky District) 99 Nizhny Novgorod 83 Vladimir region ( Gorohovetsky) 67 Ryazan 28 Voronezh 29 Sverdlosk region 2 Yekaterinburg 443 Total Laboratory confirmation has been obtained in 128 of the cases,so far. (This is important, because influenza can cause similar symptoms , and there has been extensive migration of infected/infectious wildfowl into much of... The Morning Paper-Special Edition https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1474841/posts#comment Thu, 1 Sep 2005 15:25:52 GMT Russia upgrading MiG-31 interceptors to triple their combat effectiveness https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4016500/posts Moscow [Russia], November 25 (ANI/Sputnik): The combat effectiveness of Russia's MiG-31 interceptors will triple after repair and upgrade, representatives of the Sokol aircraft plant reported to the Deputy Defense Minister Aleksey Krivoruchko. On Thursday, Krivoruchko, during a working trip to Nizhny Novgorod, visited the Sokol aircraft plant, where he examined the production facilities of the enterprise, checked the progress of repair and modernization of MiG-31 fighters, and also held a meeting on the implementation of the state defence order. The overhaul makes it possible to achieve practically trouble-free operation of the aircraft in service, the plant's representative said. "And the... https://www.bignewsnetwork.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4016500/posts#comment Mon, 29 Nov 2021 01:01:15 GMT Cache with weapons, explosives found at church construction site near N. Novgorod https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365547/posts Moscow, October 17, Interfax ""A bag containing a Vepr hunter carbine, a Baikal handgun and 100-gram TNT mine with an electric detonator was found under reinforced concrete slabs at the church construction site," a source at law enforcement agencies told Interfax on Friday." INTERFAX https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365547/posts#comment Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:55:29 GMT Russian protesters halted again by police https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1806661/posts NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia — Anti-government activists said police arrested hundreds of protesters in this central Russian city Saturday in the third major crackdown on a demonstration in recent months as the country prepares for parliamentary elections and a presidential vote. The Seattle Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1806661/posts#comment Sun, 25 Mar 2007 23:24:45 GMT