Russia

MOSCOW, September 25. /TASS/: A reporter of a local TV channel has succumbed to the injuries received in the explosion that occurred near Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s election campaign headquarters in the town of Kandahar, TV channel 1TV reported on Wednesday.

Yesterday evening a powerful explosion occurred in Kandahar near the building in which a group organizing the election campaign for the current Afghan president is located. Three people, including one teenager, were killed, and seven were hospitalized, including the Afghan TV reporter.

MOSCOW, September 25. /TASS/: The possibility of US President Donald Trump being impeached as a result of the inquiry launched by the Congress is marginal, while the American leader himself can take advantage of the situation to attack the Democrats, Russian experts told TASS on Wednesday.

MOSCOW, September 25. /TASS/: The Black Sea Fleet’s diesel-electric submarine Kolpino dived to a depth of over 240 meters at a practice range in the Black Sea during drills, the Fleet’s press office reported on Wednesday.

MOSCOW, September 25. /TASS/: A Russian fishing trawler has caught fire in the Norwegian port of Tromso (Troms County), the local police informed on Wednesday.

"Port of Breivik: a fire on a Russian trawler, heavy smoke on site," the local law enforcement stated on its Twitter account.

The NRK channel informed that there are no sailors on board the trawler. The photos provided by the channel suggest that the name of the vessel on fire is "Bukhta Naezdnik." Evacuation of people in the near vicinity of the incident is underway. 

MOSCOW, September 25. /TASS/: European Union countries have approved sanctions against seven more Venezuelan officials, Agence France-Presse reported on Wednesday, citing a diplomatic source.

According to the news agency, the new sanctions will target Venezuela’s intelligence agencies. The source said that "tortures and other human rights violations" were the reason for new sanctions.

MOSCOW, September 25. /TASS/: Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has castigated the US for its failure to grant visas to some Russian delegates to the UN General Assembly in New York as a 'shameful' move, recalling that the US delegation to Sochi had been issued 200 visas.

MOSCOW, September 25. /TASS/: The results of the September 8 election have been declared invalid in 15 voting stations across six Russian regions, Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairperson Ella Pamfilova said at a CEC meeting on Wednesday.

"As of now, the election results in 15 polling stations in six Russian regions have been declared null and void. These regions include Crimea, the Tuva, Primorsky, Moscow and Oryol Regions, as well as the city of St. Petersburg," she specified.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin told his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro at talks in Moscow on Wednesday that Russia supported dialogue between the government and opposition to find a way out of Venezuela’s political crisis.

Venezuela’s opposition said earlier this month that a dialogue mediated by Norway to try to resolve the crisis in Venezuela had ended, six weeks after Maduro’s government suspended its participation.

MOSCOW, September 24. /TASS/: Armored units of Russia’s 201st military base started tactical drills at the Lyaur practice range in Tajikistan, the press office of the Central Military District reported on Tuesday.

"The crews of T-72 tanks performed a march to the area of the drills and started fortifying firing positions, command and observation posts for holding maneuverable defense against a notional enemy’s mechanized units that have overcome mountainous terrain," the press office said in a statement.

MOSCOW, September 24. /TASS/: A teenager from the Russian city of Kirov who had been planning a mass killing at a school was in conflict with his peers, Kirov Region Ombudsman for Children’s Rights Vladimir Shabardin told TASS on Tuesday.

"The teenager had clashed with his peers. The minor is currently receiving psychological assistance. We are also speaking to his classmates," he said, adding that the adolescent is continuing his education.