Ural

Tragedy strikes as more than 30 lives are lost in Afghanistan due to devastating floods triggered by seasonal rains. The toll climbs further as reports indicate at least 27 individuals left injured in the wake of the relentless downpours within a span of just three days.

Аs the Ural River in Orenburg surges to unprecedented heights, the city finds itself inundated by floodwaters, marking a new chapter in the ongoing battle against natural disasters.

Russian authorities on Nov. 21 confirmed reports of a spike in radioactivity in the air over the Ural Mountains.

BELGRADE - An exhibition of photographs titled Children of Russia: Reflecting on a Century will open in the Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade Thursday.

Visitors will have an opportunity to see portraits of people from the Russian Empire at the turn of the 19th and the 20th century as viewed through the camera.

Bulgaria expects to issue at least 20 000 visas to residents of Russia's Ural district alone in 2016, the Ambassador of Sofia to Moscow has said.

Boyko Kotsev, quoted by TASS agency, has made his remarks at a ceremony marking the reopening of Bulgaria's consulate in Yekaterinburg, which earlier this week renewed work after having remained closed for nearly six years.