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Moscow region hit by massive drone attack

This photo taken on March 11, 2025 shows debris near a damaged residential building in Moscow Region, Russia. Russia's air defense systems shot down 337 Ukrainian drones overnight, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced Tuesday on its Telegram channel. Those drones included 91 shot down over the Moscow region, 126 over Kursk, 38 over Bryansk, and 25 over Belgorod, the ministry said. According to the TASS news agency, it was the largest drone attack Ukraine has launched against Russia in 2025. Photo by Xinhua/Bai Xueqi/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Moscow region hit by massive drone attack

This photo taken on March 11, 2025 shows a damaged residential building in Moscow Region, Russia. Russia's air defense systems shot down 337 Ukrainian drones overnight, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced Tuesday on its Telegram channel. Those drones included 91 shot down over the Moscow region, 126 over Kursk, 38 over Bryansk, and 25 over Belgorod, the ministry said. According to the TASS news agency, it was the largest drone attack Ukraine has launched against Russia in 2025. Photo by Xinhua/Bai Xueqi/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Moscow region hit by massive drone attack

This photo taken on March 11, 2025 shows a damaged residential building in Moscow Region, Russia. Russia's air defense systems shot down 337 Ukrainian drones overnight, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced Tuesday on its Telegram channel. Those drones included 91 shot down over the Moscow region, 126 over Kursk, 38 over Bryansk, and 25 over Belgorod, the ministry said. According to the TASS news agency, it was the largest drone attack Ukraine has launched against Russia in 2025. Photo by Xinhua/Bai Xueqi/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Moscow region hit by massive drone attack

This photo taken on March 11, 2025 shows a damaged residential building in Sapronovo, Moscow Region, Russia. Russia's air defense systems shot down 337 Ukrainian drones overnight, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced Tuesday on its Telegram channel. Those drones included 91 shot down over the Moscow region, 126 over Kursk, 38 over Bryansk, and 25 over Belgorod, the ministry said. According to the TASS news agency, it was the largest drone attack Ukraine has launched against Russia in 2025. Photo by Xinhua/Bai XueqiABACAPRESS.COM

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Moscow region hit by massive drone attack

This photo taken on March 11, 2025 shows a damaged residential building in Sapronovo, Moscow Region, Russia. Russia's air defense systems shot down 337 Ukrainian drones overnight, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced Tuesday on its Telegram channel. Those drones included 91 shot down over the Moscow region, 126 over Kursk, 38 over Bryansk, and 25 over Belgorod, the ministry said. According to the TASS news agency, it was the largest drone attack Ukraine has launched against Russia in 2025. Photo by Xinhua/Bai XueqiABACAPRESS.COM

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Moscow region hit by massive drone attack

This photo taken on March 11, 2025 shows a damaged residential building in Sapronovo, Moscow Region, Russia. Russia's air defense systems shot down 337 Ukrainian drones overnight, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced Tuesday on its Telegram channel. Those drones included 91 shot down over the Moscow region, 126 over Kursk, 38 over Bryansk, and 25 over Belgorod, the ministry said. According to the TASS news agency, it was the largest drone attack Ukraine has launched against Russia in 2025. Photo by Xinhua/Bai XueqiABACAPRESS.COM

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(SpotNews)RUSSIA-MOSCOW-CAR EXPLOSION

(240724) -- MOSCOW, July 24, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Security personnel gather near the scene of a car explosion in Moscow, Russian, July 24, 2024. Two people were injured in a car explosion in Moscow, local media reported on Wednesday. The explosion was caused by the detonation of an unidentified object in a car parked in the courtyard of a residential building in northern Moscow, Russia's TASS News Agency quoted spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs Irina Volk as saying. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Cao Yang)

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(SpotNews)RUSSIA-MOSCOW-CAR EXPLOSION

(240724) -- MOSCOW, July 24, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Security personnel gather near the scene of a car explosion in Moscow, Russian, July 24, 2024. Two people were injured in a car explosion in Moscow, local media reported on Wednesday. The explosion was caused by the detonation of an unidentified object in a car parked in the courtyard of a residential building in northern Moscow, Russia's TASS News Agency quoted spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs Irina Volk as saying. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Cao Yang)

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(SpotNews)RUSSIA-MOSCOW-CAR EXPLOSION

(240724) -- MOSCOW, July 24, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Security personnel gather near the scene of a car explosion in Moscow, Russian, July 24, 2024. Two people were injured in a car explosion in Moscow, local media reported on Wednesday. The explosion was caused by the detonation of an unidentified object in a car parked in the courtyard of a residential building in northern Moscow, Russia's TASS News Agency quoted spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs Irina Volk as saying. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Cao Yang)

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(SpotNews)RUSSIA-MOSCOW-CAR EXPLOSION

(240724) -- MOSCOW, July 24, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Security personnel gather near the scene of a car explosion in Moscow, Russian, July 24, 2024. Two people were injured in a car explosion in Moscow, local media reported on Wednesday. The explosion was caused by the detonation of an unidentified object in a car parked in the courtyard of a residential building in northern Moscow, Russia's TASS News Agency quoted spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs Irina Volk as saying. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Cao Yang)

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Eight killed in deadly fire at Moscow office building

STORY: Eight killed in deadly fire at Moscow office building SHOOTING TIME: June 24, 2024 DATELINE: June 25, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of firefighters extinguishing the fire STORYLINE: At least eight people were killed in a multi-story office building fire in the city of Fryazino of the Moscow region, local emergencies service said on Monday. "Two people died after jumping out of a window. Six others inside the building were killed while the interior structures collapsed," Tass news agency reported, citing local emergencies service. Footage online shows thick smoke billowing from the upper floors of the eight-storey complex. According to Moscow Region Governor Andrey Vorobyov, 12 fire fighting trucks and hundreds of firefighters were sent to the site to extinguish the fire. It is not immediately clear what caused the fire, but one eyewitness told Tass that it broke out on the sixth floor before spreading. Xinhua News Agency correspondents repo

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Russia's Pacific Fleet conducts artillery firing drill in Sea of Japan, Okhotsk

STORY: Russia's Pacific Fleet conducts artillery firing drill in Sea of Japan, Okhotsk SHOOTING TIME: June 24, 2024 DATELINE: June 24, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:40 LOCATION: VLADIVOSTOK, Russia CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the drill (courtesy of the Russian Defense Ministry) STORYLINE: Warships of Russia's Pacific Fleet have carried out artillery firing targeting aerial and maritime targets as part of bilateral tactical drills involving fleet force groupings in the Sea of Japan and Okhotsk, local media reported on Monday. "The warships of the Pacific Fleet, after deployment in designated areas of the Sea of Japan and Okhotsk, began performing combat exercises as part of a bilateral exercise of Pacific Fleet groupings," TASS News Agency quoted the fleet's press office as saying. The press office added that the ship groups engaged in a naval battle with a mock enemy, conducting artillery fire against surface and aerial targets. Anti-aircraft missile systems were also employed to neutralize airb

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Russia's Pacific Fleet starts military exercises

STORY: Russia's Pacific Fleet starts military exercises SHOOTING TIME: June 18, 2024 DATELINE: June 18, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:12 LOCATION: VLADIVOSTOK, Russia CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the deployments for military exercises (courtesy of the Russian Defense Ministry) STORYLINE: Russia's Pacific Fleet began deploying its forces as part of the exercises scheduled to take place from June 18 to 28, local media reported on Tuesday. "The Pacific Fleet forces have initiated the deployment from their base locations to designated areas within the planned bilateral exercise, which will take place on June 18-28 in the Pacific Ocean, in seas of Japan and Okhotsk under the general management of the Pacific Fleet Commander Admiral Viktor Liina," the fleet's press service was quoted by TASS news agency as saying. The drills will involve around 40 ships and vessels. Some 20 aircraft and helicopters of naval aviation, including Tu-142M3, Il-38, and Il-38N aircraft, Ka-29, and Ka-27 helicopters, will be pa

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RUSSIA-ROSTOV-HOSTAGE-TAKING ATTEMPT-FOILED

(240617) -- ROSTOV, June 17, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Police officers work at the site of a hostage-taking incident in Rostov region, Russia, June 16, 2024. Russian penitentiary authorities foiled an attempt to take hostages in the south-western Rostov region, the TASS news agency reported Sunday. During a special operation to free the hostages at a pre-trial detention center in the region, the criminals armed with knives have been eliminated, and two employees held hostage were released and safe, Russia's Federal Penitentiary Service said in a statement. During negotiations, the law enforcement launched the release operation, and now the situation is under control at the center, said the service. (Photo by Vladimir Sergeev/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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RUSSIA-ROSTOV-HOSTAGE-TAKING ATTEMPT-FOILED

(240617) -- ROSTOV, June 17, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Police officers and vehicles are pictured at the site of a hostage-taking incident in Rostov region, Russia, June 16, 2024. Russian penitentiary authorities foiled an attempt to take hostages in the south-western Rostov region, the TASS news agency reported Sunday. During a special operation to free the hostages at a pre-trial detention center in the region, the criminals armed with knives have been eliminated, and two employees held hostage were released and safe, Russia's Federal Penitentiary Service said in a statement. During negotiations, the law enforcement launched the release operation, and now the situation is under control at the center, said the service. (Photo by Vladimir Sergeev/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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RUSSIA-ROSTOV-HOSTAGE-TAKING ATTEMPT-FOILED

(240617) -- ROSTOV, June 17, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Police officers are pictured at the site of a hostage-taking incident in Rostov region, Russia, June 16, 2024. Russian penitentiary authorities foiled an attempt to take hostages in the south-western Rostov region, the TASS news agency reported Sunday. During a special operation to free the hostages at a pre-trial detention center in the region, the criminals armed with knives have been eliminated, and two employees held hostage were released and safe, Russia's Federal Penitentiary Service said in a statement. During negotiations, the law enforcement launched the release operation, and now the situation is under control at the center, said the service. (Photo by Vladimir Sergeev/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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RUSSIA-ROSTOV-HOSTAGE-TAKING ATTEMPT-FOILED

(240617) -- ROSTOV, June 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Police officers are pictured at the site of a hostage-taking incident in Rostov region, Russia, June 16, 2024. Russian penitentiary authorities foiled an attempt to take hostages in the south-western Rostov region, the TASS news agency reported Sunday. During a special operation to free the hostages at a pre-trial detention center in the region, the criminals armed with knives have been eliminated, and two employees held hostage were released and safe, Russia's Federal Penitentiary Service said in a statement. During negotiations, the law enforcement launched the release operation, and now the situation is under control at the center, said the service. (Photo by Vladimir Sergeev/Xinhua)

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RUSSIA-ROSTOV-HOSTAGE-TAKING ATTEMPT-FOILED

(240617) -- ROSTOV, June 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Police officers and vehicles are pictured at the site of a hostage-taking incident in Rostov region, Russia, June 16, 2024. Russian penitentiary authorities foiled an attempt to take hostages in the south-western Rostov region, the TASS news agency reported Sunday. During a special operation to free the hostages at a pre-trial detention center in the region, the criminals armed with knives have been eliminated, and two employees held hostage were released and safe, Russia's Federal Penitentiary Service said in a statement. During negotiations, the law enforcement launched the release operation, and now the situation is under control at the center, said the service. (Photo by Vladimir Sergeev/Xinhua)

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RUSSIA-ROSTOV-HOSTAGE-TAKING ATTEMPT-FOILED

(240617) -- ROSTOV, June 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Police officers work at the site of a hostage-taking incident in Rostov region, Russia, June 16, 2024. Russian penitentiary authorities foiled an attempt to take hostages in the south-western Rostov region, the TASS news agency reported Sunday. During a special operation to free the hostages at a pre-trial detention center in the region, the criminals armed with knives have been eliminated, and two employees held hostage were released and safe, Russia's Federal Penitentiary Service said in a statement. During negotiations, the law enforcement launched the release operation, and now the situation is under control at the center, said the service. (Photo by Vladimir Sergeev/Xinhua)

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CHINA-BEIJING-XINHUA-PRESIDENT-TASS-MEETING (CN)

(240516) -- BEIJING, May 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- President of Xinhua News Agency Fu Hua meets with Andrey Kondrashov, director general of Russia's TASS news agency, in Beijing, capital of China, May 16, 2024. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)

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CHINA-BEIJING-XINHUA-PRESIDENT-TASS-FIRST DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL-MEETING (CN)

(240408) -- BEIJING, April 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- President of Xinhua News Agency Fu Hua meets with Mikhail Gusman, first deputy director-general of TASS Russian News Agency, in Beijing, capital of China, April 8, 2024. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

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Over 10,000 houses flooded in parts of Russia

STORY: Over 10,000 houses flooded in parts of Russia SHOOTING TIME: April 8, 2024 DATELINE: April 8, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:43 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the flood-affected houses (courtesy of Emercom of Russia) STORYLINE: More than 10,400 residential houses have been flooded across Russia's western Siberia, the Volga region, and Central Federal District, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations said Monday. In the severely hit Orenburg region, more than 6,100 people have been evacuated and a total of 33 temporary accommodation centers deployed for 33,000 people, the ministry said. The Orenburg regional government said the peak of the flood is expected on April 10 and the situation along the Ural River is expected to normalize no earlier than April 25. TASS news agency, citing information from the Ministry of Emergency Situations, said more than 18,000 people are in the zone threatened by flooding. The agency reported that data on April 7-11 points to a continu

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Heavy casualties caused in Moscow terrorist attack

STORY: Heavy casualties caused in Moscow terrorist attack SHOOTING TIME: March 23, 2024 DATELINE: March 23, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:53 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): MENG JING, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of the Crocus City Hall during night 3. various of the rescue (Source: EMERCOM/Sledkom) 4. various of Putin delivering a televised address (Source: Kremlin) 5. various of Russian people mourning those killed in the attacks (Source: TASS) STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): MENG JING, Xinhua correspondent "We are here in the northwestern suburb of Moscow. A shooting event took place here Friday night, in the Crocus City Hall behind me, at the concert venue. Heavy casualties have been caused by a shooting incident and a subsequent fire in Moscow on Friday. The terrorist attack occurred before a concert at the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, a suburb of Moscow. The fire affected an area of about 13,000 square meters. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday all four

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RUSSIA-UKRAINE-CONFLICT-BAKERY SHELLING

(240204) -- LUGANSK, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A video screenshot released by Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations shows a building damaged in shelling in the city of Lysychansk in the Lugansk region, Feb. 3, 2024. Seven people were killed after a bakery in the city of Lysychansk in the Lugansk region was reportedly shelled Saturday by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, according to Russia's TASS news agency. As a result, the two-story bakery building collapsed, said TASS, citing Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations. About 23 people remain under the rubble of the bakery, according to the news agency RIA Novosti. (Xinhua)

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RUSSIA-UKRAINE-CONFLICT-BAKERY SHELLING

(240204) -- LUGANSK, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A video screenshot released by Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations shows rescuers working at the site of shelling in the city of Lysychansk in the Lugansk region, Feb. 3, 2024. Seven people were killed after a bakery in the city of Lysychansk in the Lugansk region was reportedly shelled Saturday by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, according to Russia's TASS news agency. As a result, the two-story bakery building collapsed, said TASS, citing Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations. About 23 people remain under the rubble of the bakery, according to the news agency RIA Novosti. (Xinhua)

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RUSSIA-UKRAINE-CONFLICT-BAKERY SHELLING

(240204) -- LUGANSK, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A video screenshot released by Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations shows a building damaged in shelling in the city of Lysychansk in the Lugansk region, Feb. 3, 2024. Seven people were killed after a bakery in the city of Lysychansk in the Lugansk region was reportedly shelled Saturday by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, according to Russia's TASS news agency. As a result, the two-story bakery building collapsed, said TASS, citing Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations. About 23 people remain under the rubble of the bakery, according to the news agency RIA Novosti. (Xinhua)

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RUSSIA-UKRAINE-CONFLICT-BAKERY SHELLING

(240204) -- LUGANSK, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A video screenshot released by Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations shows rescuers working at the site of shelling in the city of Lysychansk in the Lugansk region, Feb. 3, 2024. Seven people were killed after a bakery in the city of Lysychansk in the Lugansk region was reportedly shelled Saturday by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, according to Russia's TASS news agency. As a result, the two-story bakery building collapsed, said TASS, citing Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations. About 23 people remain under the rubble of the bakery, according to the news agency RIA Novosti. (Xinhua)

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At least 27 people killed in Ukrainian shelling of Donetsk market: report

STORY: At least 27 people killed in Ukrainian shelling of Donetsk market: report SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 21, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 23, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:59 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the market after the attack 2. various of hospital STORYLINE: Ukrainian forces hit a market in the west of Donetsk with a deadly artillery strike on Sunday, killing at least 27 people and injuring 25 others, local media reported on Monday. The market was crowded when it was targeted by a barrage of 152-mm caliber and 155-mm caliber shells from the Ukrainian side, Russia's TASS news agency reported, citing local authorities of Donetsk. Among the injured, 18 were hospitalized, most of them in critical condition, the Ministry of Health of Russia said. Many of the wounded suffered severe injuries, such as penetrating wounds to vital organs and traumatic amputation of limbs. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Moscow. (XHTV)

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RUSSIA-UKRAINE-CONFLICT

(240122) -- DONETSK, Jan. 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 21, 2024 shows a scene after an artillery strike in Donetsk. Ukrainian forces hit a market in the west of Donetsk with a deadly artillery strike on Sunday, killing at least 27 people and injuring 25 others, local media reported on Monday. The market was crowded when it was targeted by a barrage of 152-mm caliber and 155-mm caliber shells from the Ukrainian side, Russia's TASS news agency reported, citing local authorities of Donetsk. (Photo by Victor/Xinhua)

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CHINA-BEIJING-XINHUA-PRESIDENT-TASS-DIRECTOR-GENERAL-MEETING (CN)

(231129) -- BEIJING, Nov. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- President of Xinhua News Agency Fu Hua meets with Andrey Kondrashov, director-general of Russia's TASS news agency, in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 29, 2023. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

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Journalists from 14 countries conclude trip to China's Xinjiang

STORY: Journalists from 14 countries conclude trip to China's Xinjiang DATELINE: Sept. 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:44 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the journalists' trip in Xinjiang 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JUDAHNISSI CALABROSO, Journalist with the Philippines' SMNI TV Station 3. various of the journalists' trip in Xinjiang 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MAXIM CHEREVIK, Editor of the Information Telegraph Agency of Russia (ITAR-TASS) 5. various of the journalists' trip in Xinjiang 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): SAKALASOORIYA, Editor from the Daily Mirror in Sri Lanka STORYLINE: A group of 22 journalists from 14 countries concluded a trip to China's Xinjiang on Wednesday. The trip started on Sept. 12. The journalists from 17 foreign media organizations have visited various places in Xinjiang, including the regional capital of Urumqi, the city of Turpan and Kashgar Prefecture. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JUDAHNISSI CALABROSO, Journalist with the Philippines' SMNI TV Station "It is a really

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RUSSIA-TVER REGION-PLANE CRASH-WAGNER CHIEF-KILLED

(230823) -- TVER REGION (RUSSIA), Aug. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Rescue personnel work at the crash site of a private plane en route from Moscow to St. Petersburg in Tver Region near Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 23, 2023. Russia's Federal Agency for Air Transport confirmed on Wednesday that Wagner Group private military company's leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in a plane crash in the Tver Region near Moscow. (Stringer/TASS via Xinhua)

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Drone shot down by air defense near Moscow

STORY: Drone shot down by air defense near Moscow DATELINE: Aug. 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:35 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Moscow STORYLINE: Russian air defense forces have shot down a drone that attempted to fly over Russia's capital early Friday, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on his social media channel. The debris fell in the area of the Expocentre, causing partial damage to one of its pavilions, he said. There were no casualties and the city's emergency services were working at the scene. According to Russia's TASS news agency, a partial collapse of the outer wall occurred in one of the pavilions of the Expocentre, located on the Krasnopresnenskaya Embankment in Moscow. The collapsed area is about 30 square meters. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Moscow. (XHTV)

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Six killed in helicopter crash in Russia's Altai Republic

STORY: Six killed in helicopter crash in Russia's Altai Republic DATELINE: July 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:20 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the crashed helicopter (source: EMERCOM of Russia) STORYLINE: Six people were killed on Thursday when a helicopter crashed in Russia's Altai Republic, TASS reported, citing a source in medical services. A Russian Mi-8 helicopter of Altai Avia company crashed after it hit a power line and caught fire, while landing in the village of Tyungur in the Ust-Koksinsky district in the Altai Republic, the source said. The helicopter was carrying 13 passengers and three crew members, said the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency. Six of them have died, and at least seven have been injured, according to preliminary information. Among those who were injured, three are now in critical condition. The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations confirmed the crash, and firefighters are currently working at the site. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting

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At least 4 dead after hot water pipe bursts in Moscow shopping mall

STORY: At least 4 dead after hot water pipe bursts in Moscow shopping mall DATELINE: July 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:34 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the shopping mall (courtesy of TASS) 2. various of the damaged building published by Moscow Prosecutor's Office STORYLINE: At least four people died on Saturday after a hot water pipe burst at a shopping mall located in western Moscow, the city's mayor Sergei Sobyanin said. "The tragedy in the shopping center has claimed the lives of three more people. My condolences to their families and friends. Rescuers continue to work," Sobyanin wrote on his Telegram channel. Earlier, he said that one person had been killed in the incident, which took place at the mall, known as Vremena Goda (The Seasons). According to the mayor, the burst left several people with burn injuries and all city services and the Ministry of Emergency Situations were working on the scene. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Moscow. (XHTV)

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Russia confirms 2 die, 1 injured in emergency on Crimean bridge

STORY: Russia confirms 2 die, 1 injured in emergency on Crimean bridge DATELINE: July 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:35 LOCATION: VLADIVOSTOK, Russia CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Crimean bridge (Source: TASS) 2. footage of the damaged Crimean bridge (Source: Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation) 3. various of the Crimean bridge (Source: TASS) STORYLINE: A Russian couple died in an emergency on the Crimean bridge, and their daughter was injured with moderate severity, Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov confirmed on Monday. The governor of Krasnodar, Veniamin Kondratyev, said that an operational headquarters was set up in the Temryuk district of the Krasnodar Territory to coordinate the actions of all services and to assist the people who were stuck in traffic jams near the bridge. Earlier on Monday, Sergey Aksenov, the head of Crimea, said that traffic on the Crimean bridge was halted due to an emergency near its 145th support column, but did not reveal the cause of the incide

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Compromise reached between Moscow, Wagner military head: Russian media

STORY: Compromise reached between Moscow, Wagner military head: Russian media DATELINE: June 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:19 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: MILITARY/POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Wagner groups leaving Rostov 2. various of PMC Wagner Center in St. Petersburg 3. various of Russia STORYLINE: According to RIA Novosti news agency reports, Moscow and Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner private military group, reached a compromise through the mediation of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko late Saturday. The reports said that Prigozhin has accepted Lukashenko's proposal to stop the advance of the Wagner troops and de-escalate the situation. On Saturday morning, Putin informed his Belarusian counterpart of the situation in Russia regarding the Wagner group and the heads of state agreed on joint actions. According to Russia's TASS news agency, then the Wagner fighters left southern Russia's Rostov region and were headed to their field camps. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said late Saturday,

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Russia accuses Ukraine of blowing up key ammonia pipeline

STORY: Russia accuses Ukraine of blowing up key ammonia pipeline DATELINE: June 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:44 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: POLITICS/MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson speaking (Russian Defense Ministry) 2. various of Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson speaking (Russian Foreign Ministry) STORYLINE: "A Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group" blew up the Togliatti-Odessa ammonia pipeline in Kharkov region on Monday night, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. The ministry in a statement called the explosion of the ammonia pipeline "a terrorist act," which has caused civilian victims. "Currently, ammonia is bleeding from the damaged sections of the pipeline in the Ukrainian territory. There are no casualties among the Russian military personnel," the ministry added. Several explosions were heard near the ammonia pipeline in Kharkov region's Kupyansk district, Russia's TASS news agency reported on Tuesday. The facility, running from

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Cider poisoning causes 18 deaths in Russia

STORY: Cider poisoning causes 18 deaths in Russia DATELINE: June 6, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:17 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of a cider factory (source: Sledcom) STORYLINE: At least 18 people have died in two regions of Russia after drinking cider, TASS news agency reported on Monday. So far, 16 people in Ulyanovsk region and two others in Samara region were killed by the Mr. Cider-brand alcohol, while two cases of poisoning were also recorded in Udmurtia and the injured are in critical condition. Multiple victims are hospitalized in the three regions. The drink was produced at a factory in Samara region and the authorities did not specify which substance in the cider led to the poisoning. Anna Popova, head of Russia's consumer rights and human well-being watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, has instructed withdrawal of all such products. Law enforcers have detained Mr. Cider producers and suppliers and an investigation is underway. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting f

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Track laying starts on Chinese-built Hungarian section of Budapest-Belgrade railway

STORY: Track laying starts on Chinese-built Hungarian section of Budapest-Belgrade railway DATELINE: May 31, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:59 LOCATION: Budapest CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): GEZA MOLNAR, Xinhua reporter 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): SONG ZIWEN, General manager of China Railway No. 9 Group Budapest-Belgrade Railway Management Dept. 3. various of construction site 4. drone view of construction site STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE 1 (English): GEZA MOLNAR, Xinhua reporter "I am now in Kunszentmiklos, Hungary. Today, the Budapest-Belgrade railway Hungarian section is witnessing the start of laying the first pair of steel rails in the section between Kunszentmiklos-Tass station and Szabadszallas station, marking the Chinese section of the Budapest-Belgrade railway in Hungary. The workers officially started the track-laying work and entered the stage of track-laying construction in an all-around way." The 7.98-km Kunszentmiklos-Tass to Bosztor section is part of the 76 km railway line being built

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Russia to respond promptly, harshly to future incursions: defense minister

STORY: Russia to respond promptly, harshly to future incursions: defense minister DATELINE: May 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:33 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: POLITICS/MILITARY SHOTLIST: (courtesy of Russian Defense Ministry and Tass) 1. various of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu speaking 2. various of civilian vehicles attacked in the Belgorod area 3. various of streets and cars STORYLINE: Russia will respond quickly and extremely harshly to future incursions, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting with senior defense officials on Wednesday. The minister mentioned that "a Ukrainian nationalist formation" that broke into Russia's Belgorod region on Monday was defeated. "Russia will keep responding to such actions of Ukrainian militants promptly and harshly," Shoigu said. The Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that "more than 70 Ukrainian nationalists were killed during a counter-terrorist operation," and Russian forces were able to push the "remaining nationalists" back into U

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Moscow Motorcycle Festival

RUSSIA, MOSCOW - MAY 13, 2023: Rapper Timati (Timur Yunusov) (L) and Deputy Mayor, the head of Moscow's Department for Transport and Road Infrastructure Development, Maxim Liksutov attend the Moscow Motorcycle Festival marking the opening of a new motorcycle season, in Akademika Sakharova Avenue. Mikhail Metzel/TASS/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Moscow Motorcycle Festival

RUSSIA, MOSCOW - MAY 13, 2023: Rapper Timati (Timur Yunusov) attends the Moscow Motorcycle Festival marking the opening of a new motorcycle season, in Akademika Sakharova Avenue. Mikhail Metzel/TASS/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Moscow Motorcycle Festival

RUSSIA, MOSCOW - MAY 13, 2023: Rapper Timati (Timur Yunusov) attends the Moscow Motorcycle Festival marking the opening of a new motorcycle season, in Akademika Sakharova Avenue. Mikhail Metzel/TASS/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Moscow Motorcycle Festival

RUSSIA, MOSCOW - MAY 13, 2023: Deputy Mayor, the head of Moscow's Department for Transport and Road Infrastructure Development, Maxim Liksutov attends the Moscow Motorcycle Festival marking the opening of a new motorcycle season, in Akademika Sakharova Avenue. Mikhail Metzel/TASS/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Moscow Motorcycle Festival

RUSSIA, MOSCOW - MAY 13, 2023: Participants in the Moscow Motorcycle Festival marking the opening of a new motorcycle season, in Akademika Sakharova Avenue. Mikhail Metzel/TASS/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Moscow Motorcycle Festival

RUSSIA, MOSCOW - MAY 13, 2023: Participants in the Moscow Motorcycle Festival marking the opening of a new motorcycle season, in Akademika Sakharova Avenue. Mikhail Metzel/TASS/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Russian Black Sea Fleet turns 240

IMAGE PROVIDED BY STATE-CONTROLLED RUSSIAN AGENCY TASS/ ABACAPRESS.COM RUSSIA, SEVASTOPOL - MAY 13, 2023: A mockup of the first ship that entered the Sevastopol Bay 240 years ago is on display during a dress parade and a flower-laying ceremony at the Memorial to the Heroic Defence of Sevastopol in Nakhimov Square as part of celebrations of the 240th anniversary of the founding of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Sergei Malgavko/TASS/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Moscow Motorcycle Festival

RUSSIA, MOSCOW - MAY 13, 2023: Participants in the Moscow Motorcycle Festival marking the opening of a new motorcycle season, in Akademika Sakharova Avenue. Mikhail Metzel/TASS/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Moscow Motorcycle Festival

RUSSIA, MOSCOW - MAY 13, 2023: Participants in the Moscow Motorcycle Festival marking the opening of a new motorcycle season, in Akademika Sakharova Avenue. Mikhail Metzel/TASS/ ABACAPRESS.COM