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Alina Afanaskina
On December 7, 2023, a mass shooting occurred at Bryansk school in Bryansk, Bryansk Oblast, Russia. One student was killed and five others were wounded before the shooter, Alina Afanaskina, committed suicide. Shooting A message about a shooting at Gymnasium No. 5 was received by the city dispatch service at 9:15 Moscow time. Afanaskina hid a Bekas-3 shotgun belonging to her father in a paper tube and had a knife tucked into her right boot while walking to school. Afanaskina entered a biology classroom on the fourth floor and fired several shots. The shooting resulted in two fatalities, including the perpetrator, and five injuries. One of the injured individuals was in serious condition, while the other four sustained moderate injuries. Following the incident, the remaining students were promptly evacuated, and arrangements were made for them to return home. Afanaskina had a twin sister who was present in the classroom at the time of the incident. Both sisters arrived at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryansk
Bryansk (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Bryansk Oblast, Russia, situated on the Desna (river), Desna River, southwest of Moscow. It has a population of 379,152 at the 2021 census. Bryansk is one of the oldest cities in the oblast, with 985 regarded as the year of foundation. It was part of the Kievan Rus', Mongol Empire and Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Lithuania during the Middle Ages, medieval period, then was contested by Grand Duchy of Moscow, Moscow and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Poland–Lithuania in the early modern period, before ultimately passing to Russia, within which it was a major regional trading center. History Medieval period Based on excavations at the end of the 20th century, information was found on the birth of the city in the 10th century on the Chashin Kurgan. For ease of perception, the conventional date of birth was chosen as 985 AD. The first written mention of Bryansk, as Debryansk, dates t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Khinshtein
Alexander Yevseyevich Khinshtein (; born 26 October 1974, Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR) is a Russian journalist and politician. Biography Alexander Khinshtein was born on October 26, 1974 in Moscow. He graduated from high school in 1991. In 1996-2001, Khinshtein studied at the Faculty of Journalism at Moscow State University. In 2007 he graduated from the Moscow University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, majoring in law. In 2013 he completed the Presidential Reserve Management Training program at the RANEPA. Career In 2003 he was elected to the State Duma and joined United Russia. He is a deputy from the Samara constituency of the State Duma of the Russian Federal Assembly. He was a member of the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th State Dumas. Until 2024, he was a member of the 8th State Duma. Deputy Secretary of the General Council of United Russia since 23 November 2019, Chairman of the Committee of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Informatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerch Polytechnic College Massacre
The Kerch Polytechnic College massacre took place in Kerch, Crimea, on 17 October 2018. It was a school shooting and School bombing, bombing attack perpetrated by an 18-year-old student, Vladislav Roslyakov, who killed 20 people and wounded 67 others before committing suicide. It was the deadliest school shooting in Russia or Ukraine since the 2004 Beslan school siege. Incident Vladislav Roslyakov purchased a shotgun on 8September 2018 and bought 150rounds legally at a gun shop on 13October 2018. He entered the building of Kerch Polytechnic College on 17October 2018 at about 10:02 a.m. A survivor of the incident said that the shooting lasted for more than 15minutes. Multiple witnesses recounted an individual gunman strolling through the corridors of Kerch Polytechnic College, discharging shots indiscriminately at classmates and teachers. He also fired at computer monitors, locked doors, and fire extinguishers. A large nail bomb was detonated during the attack, and local po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blagoveshchensk College Shooting
On 14 November 2019, a shooting occurred at the Amur College of Construction, Housing and Utilities in Blagoveshchensk, Amur Oblast, Russia. One student was killed and three others were injured. The perpetrator committed suicide. Events On 14 November 2019, at approximately 10:16 a.m. local time, student Daniil Zasorin arrived late to class, causing the instructor to ask him to leave the classroom. He went out, however, after a while he returned, hiding the weapon under his outer clothing. The student started smoking in the corridor of the educational institution, and when he was reprimanded - took out a five-shot (4+1) shotgun IZh-81 and opened fire. Eyewitnesses to the incident rushed to the street, where at the time patrolled the area traffic police officers. Arriving at the scene of the shooting, the police saw a young man with a shotgun on the second floor. The latter fired several times in the direction of the law enforcers. The police returned fire, wounding the ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazan School Shooting
On 11 May 2021, a school shooting and bomb attack occurred in Kazan, Tatarstan, in the western part of Russia. Seven 8th-grade students and two teachers were murdered, all by gunfire, and 23 others were injured. The perpetrator was identified as 19-year-old Ilnaz Galyaviev, a former student. He pleaded guilty to the murder of two or more persons on 12 May and was sentenced to life imprisonment in April 2023. Events The mass shooting occurred at Gymnasium N°175, a school in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia, which had 714 students and 70 employees present at the time. Before the shooting, Ilnaz Galyaviev had visited the school unarmed, but was not allowed in. At , Galyaviev was stopped at the main entrance by a security system requiring a card. Galyaviev opened fire when the school worker attempted to stop him from entering. The wounded worker managed to press a panic button at 9:25, triggering an alarm in the school and alerting law enforcement. The alarm alerted teachers in the bui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perm State University Shooting
On 20 September 2021, a mass shooting occurred at Perm State University, in the city of Perm, Perm Krai, Russia. Six people were killed and 47 others were injured. The attacker, identified as 18-year-old Timur Bekmansurov, was arrested after being wounded by police. Background The shooting occurred roughly four months after another school shooting in Kazan, Russia, in which nine people were killed. In the aftermath of that shooting, the legal age to buy a gun in Russia was increased from 18 to 21, but the law was not yet in effect at the time of the Perm shooting. Authorities had blamed previous school shootings on foreign influence from news of similar incidents in the United States and elsewhere. Shooting While the university has 12,000 students enrolled, only 3,000 individuals were on campus at the time of the shooting. The shooter was tracked by security cameras walking towards the university around 11:30 am while carrying a shotgun. He was able to overpower and injur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krasnoyarsk Kindergarten Shooting
On 28 March 2022, 19-year-old Polina Dvorkina went to kindergarten No. 31 in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, where she planned to kill the male students. Dvorkina was apprehended and no one at the school was hurt. Earlier that day, she had shot and killed her father at their home. It is believed to be the first crime in Russia committed on the basis of misandry. Course of events On 28 March 2022, at 4:00 a.m, Dvorkina's drunken father threatened her, shouting: "I gave birth to you, I will kill you". When her father entered the room, she hit him twice on the head with a dumbbell, causing him to fall and start bleeding. She then shot him with a 12-gauge Rifle, hunting rifle, killing him. Later that day, she went to kindergarten No. 31 on Menzhinskogo Street, hiding a shotgun under her coat. The guards recognized her because she had come there a few days before to apply for a job. She was able to enter the building under the pretext that she needed to pick up a child. At about 14:00 she ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veshkayma Kindergarten Shooting
On 26 April 2022, three people were killed in a school shooting at a kindergarten in Veshkayma, Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia. Shooting The attack occurred after 26-year-old Ruslan Akhtyamov entered the Ryabinka kindergarten with an IZh-27 double-barreled shotgun, shooting dead a staff member who tried to stop the attack. Walking into a classroom during the children's naptime, he opened fire, killing two small children, whom RIA Novosti said had been born in 2016 and 2018. Another staff member was wounded. After the shooting, Akhtyamov then turned the gun on himself and committed suicide. The National Guard of Russia said that the firearm used by the perpetrator was obtained under the name of another person. ''Izvestia'' reported that the firearm's owner had been found dead, presumably killed by the kindergarten shooter. Perpetrator The shooter was identified as 26-year-old Ruslan Akhtyamov. Reports indicated that he had been struggling with mental illness. Victims Five peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Izhevsk School Shooting
On 26 September 2022, a mass shooting occurred at a school in Izhevsk, Udmurtia, Russia. Eighteen people were killed and twenty-three others were wounded before the gunman, identified as Artyom Kazantsev committed suicide. Events The mass shooting occurred at School No. 88 () in Izhevsk, Udmurtia, Russia at around 10:52 a.m. Armed with two pistols and a large supply of ammunition, the gunman, Artyom Kazantsev, entered the school and opened fire, killing one of the guards and a cloakroom attendant and fatally wounding a cleaner. He then turned right and opened fire at the room in the end of the hallway, killing an art teacher and three first-graders, all aged 7. Kazantsev then came back to the entrance and went to the second floor, killing the second guard who had already reported the shooting and was on his way to warn the teachers on the upper floors. On the second and the third floors the shooter burst through several classrooms and indiscriminately fired on those inside, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RIA Novosti
RIA Novosti (), sometimes referred to as RIAN () or RIA (), is a Russian state-owned domestic news agency. On 9 December 2013, by a decree of Vladimir Putin, it was liquidated and its assets and workforce were transferred to the newly created Rossiya Segodnya agency. On 8 April 2014, RIA Novosti was registered as part of the new agency. RIA Novosti is headquartered in Moscow. The chief editor is Anna Gavrilova. Content RIA Novosti was scheduled to be closed down in 2014; starting in March 2014, staff were informed that they had the option of transferring their contracts to Rossiya Segodnya or sign a redundancy contract. On 10 November 2014, Rossiya Segodnya launched the Sputnik multimedia platform as the international replacement of RIA Novosti and Voice of Russia. Within Russia itself, however, Rossiya Segodnya continues to operate its Russian language news service under the name RIA Novosti with itria.ruwebsite. The agency published news and analyses of social-politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Lvova-Belova
Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova (born 25 October 1984) is a Russian politician. She has been the Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights since October 2021, when she was appointed to the position by Russian president Vladimir Putin. On 17 March 2023, the International Criminal Court, amidst an ongoing investigation, issued arrest warrants for Putin and Lvova-Belova. Her charges concern her role in the unlawful deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Early life and education Lvova-Belova was born into a Russian family in Penza, a city in the Russian SFSR of the erstwhile Soviet Union, on 25 October 1984. She graduated from the A. A. Arkhangelsky College of Culture and Arts as a conductor in 2002. Political career Activities between 2011 and 2021 From 2011 to 2014 and 2017 to 2019, she was a member of the Civic Chamber of Penza Oblast, the latter term overlapping one in the Civic Cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
