Two people were killed when a gunman opened fire inside a public services office in Moscow on Tuesday, the mayor of the Russian capital Sergei Sobyanin said.
"As a result of the shooting by an unknown person, two people were killed, three were maimed," Sobyanin said on Twitter, adding that the shooter was detained.
The incident occurred at a multi-functional government office in the south-east of the city, he said.
Sobyanin said that "doctors are doing everything possible to help the maimed."
Russian news agencies, citing sources in the interior ministry, reported a child had been injured in the shooting.
The capital's Sherlocks launched a criminal case into the shooting, they also reported.
Mass shootings in Russia are rare but the country was rocked by two separate tragic killing sprees -- one at a school, another at a university -- this year, spurring politicians to tighten laws regulating access to guns.
In one high-profile public shooting in 2019, a gunman opened fire near the FSB domestic intelligence agency headquarters in central Moscow, killing an officer and wounding five people.
Other high-profile shooting cases have taken place in Russia's army.
In November 2020, a 20-year-old soldier killed three fellow servicemen at a military base near the city of Voronezh.
In a similar attack in 2019, a young recruit rubbed out eight servicemen.
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[KavkazUzel] A military court in Rostov-on-Don today sentenced Maykop resident Salamshokh Komilov to seven years in a strict regime colony, having found him guilty of preparing a terrorist attack in a city shopping center.
As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, on March 17 the FSB reported on the arrest of a native of Central Asia, a supporter of the terrorist organization "Islamic State."
On the same day, the special service published a video on the footage of which the detainee admitted that he was preparing a terrorist attack in the center of Maikop. The FSB video clip about the arrest of a terrorist in the capital of Adygea looks staged, the veterans of the special services interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" noted.
The version that the terrorists decided to choose Maykop for the explosion in the shopping center also raises doubts, the Caucasian experts pointed out.
A military court in Rostov-on-Don today sentenced Maykop resident Salamshokh Komilov to seven years in a strict regime colony, having found him guilty of preparing a terrorist attack in a city shopping center.
The 22-year-old Salamshokh Komilov was accused of preparing a terrorist attack, illegal manufacture of explosive devices and attempted production of explosives and illegal purchase of explosives.
"It was established that in February 2021 the defendant decided to commit an explosion in one of the shopping centers in Maikop. Komilov looked on the Internet for information on the manufacture of an improvised explosive device, after which he acquired tools and components for its manufacture, which he began to store at his place of residence. also made an improvised explosive. However, Komilov could not complete the criminal intent due to circumstances beyond his control, in connection with his detention by law enforcement officers, " the press service of the Southern District Military Court told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
The defendant was found guilty.
"Taking into account assistance in the investigation, full admission of guilt, remorse for what he had done, as well as other mitigating circumstances, he was sentenced to seven years in a maximum security correctional colony with serving the first 2 years and 6 months in prison with a fine of 150,000 rubles," reported the press service of the court.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. Karelia and Archangelsk expect severely cold weather.
[REGNUM] Arkhangelsk, Magadan regions, Karelia and Chukotka will find themselves in the epicenter of abnormal cold by the end of the working week. This was announced on December 7 by the scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia, Roman Vilfand.
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According to the specialist, in the European part of Russia, the most intense anomalies in freezing temperatures will be observed in the Arkhangelsk region and Karelia. By the end of the working week, temperatures in these regions will be 7-11 degrees below the climatic norm.
In the Arkhangelsk region -20 ... -21 degrees is expected, in Karelia the thermometer will drop to -18 ... -23 degrees.
The most noticeable drops in temperature in the Asian part of the country will be observed in the Magadan Region and in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. In these regions, the temperature is 7-11 degrees below the climatic norm, but frosts are expected to be stronger than in the European part of Russia, down to -48… -49 degrees.
Earlier IA REGNUM reported that, according to forecasts, severe cold weather from the north-west of the European part of Russia will not reach Moscow and the Moscow region.
Bad weather delays flight in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
[REGNUM] Unfavorable weather conditions on the Kamchatka Peninsula have led to a long delay in the departures of seven flights of local airlines from the airport of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (Elizovo). This follows from the data on the online scoreboard of the airport of the capital of the region as of 10:45 local time (01:45 Moscow time) on December 8.
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Currently, the list of delayed flights to Ust-Kamchatsk, Nikolskoye, Ossora, Ozernaya, Tigil, Sobolevo, Ust-Khairyuzovo. The first two flights cannot take off from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky from 25 November. On Tigil and Sobolevo - from December 2 and 3, respectively.
Recall that the last few days the weather in Kamchatka has been under the influence of a cyclone, which caused heavy rainfall and increased wind. An avalanche danger has been declared in the mountainous regions of the peninsula.
Record snowfall covers Moscow - photo report
[REGNUM] On December 7, there was a heavy snowfall in Moscow. Over the past day, almost a quarter of the monthly precipitation rate fell in the capital, forming 15-centimeter snowdrifts.
The last time that much rain fell was in 1949. Then at the base weather station VDNKh recorded 12.7 millimeters of atmospheric moisture, which until now was the maximum indicator for all time.
City utilities are working to clear snow from roads.
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my fav station Oymyakon was at -68F at 3pm on 8 Dec
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Why the sudden interest in Russian winters? From what I read, Russians can handle anything mother nature throws at them. Is this narrative to counter the climate change religion in the US?
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Why the sudden interest in Russian winters? From what I read, Russians can handle anything mother nature throws at them. Is this narrative to counter the climate change religion in the US?
No underlying theme, or hidden agenda. Just posting news articles abut Bad Weather in Russia.
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