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Russia, Perm : A smoke covers the entrance of the Lame Horse restaurant during a fire in Perm on December 5, 2009. (AFP Photo) 05.12.2009, 20:20 29 comments

Raging inferno: Nightclub fire claims over a 100 lives

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"We should bring the culprits to account"

Evgeny Arkhipov, the Chief Lawyer at Russia's Human Rights association, believes the security and administration of the club are responsible for having used fireworks inside the building.

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Corrupt driver education system blamed for high Russian road toll

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Murderous Major’s victim denied compensation

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Murderous Major’s victim seeks justice

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Moscow store massacre cop was also a robber – lawyer

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Police officer kills senior colleague, injures another before committing suicide

A police officer has shot dead a senior colleague and injured another before killing himself on Saturday in Russia’s Siberian Republic of Tuva. The head of the republic’s Interior Ministry has been relieved of his post.

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Man attacks train driven by revenge

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"No doubt some of the suspects won't be acquitted" - lawyer Aleksandr Fomenko

Published: 06 December, 2009, 14:31
Edited: 26 March, 2010, 03:29


People lay flowers outside the Lame Horse nightclub where a fire broke late Friday, in Perm, about 700 miles (1,200 kilometers) east of Moscow, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009

The owners of the ill-fated club might have bribed local authorities to get permits to run it.

 
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peter grant December 09, 2009, 23:56 quote
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Why do they continue to call these places night clubs, There must be another name for it. I new one such place that was actually called the 'Inferno'

Richard March 26, 2010, 01:37 quote
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I am a safety advisor and have been trying to get my foot in the door in Russia to help organisations see the light and be within the law but the problem has been the corruption that has made it very difficult.

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