Parts of Russia including the Urals, the Volga and central areas have declared states of emergency, after some of the worst flooding in decades. The disaster has forced at least 6,500 people to leave their homes. In the southern Kurgan region, media say the flooding could affect at least 19,000 people. Meanwhile, people in Orsk are protesting against their local authorities for their handling of the situation — asking President Vladimir Putin for help. They say they weren’t warned a nearby dam could burst. Al Jazeera’s Yulia Shapovalova is live from the Russian city of Orsk for the latest. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find […]
Russian authorities have detained an American reporter for the Wall Street Journal on espionage charges, Russia’s top security agency has said. The Federal Security Service (FSB), the top KGB successor agency, said on Thursday that Evan Gershkovich was detained in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg while allegedly trying to obtain classified information. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #aljazeeraenglish #BreakingNews #AlJazeeraLive #Russia #UkraineWar #VladimirPutin #aljazeeraenglish #newsfeed #news #aljazera #latestnews #latestwhatsappstatus #ukrainewar #ukrainerussiawar #unitedstates #us #journalist
