MOSCOW, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Russia has confirmed outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu, potentially dangerous to humans, in three farms near the capital where it had been suspected ...

(Adds two cases of bird flu confirmed as H5N1) By Robin Paxton MOSCOW, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Poultry farms around Moscow were under tight control on Saturday when two cases of bird flu near the capital ...

KRASNODAR, December 24. /TASS/. Approximately 210 birds have died in Russia’s Krasnodar Region due to the spill of petroleum products following a tanker accident, the regional headquarters announced. ...

MOSCOW, Aug. 20 -- -- Russian officials have quarantined a large poultry farm in Siberia because of a suspected outbreak of bird flu, news reports said Saturday. If confirmed, it would be the first ...

Speculation was mounting Friday that Russia's military could have had a role in the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash that killed 38 people and left 29 survivors injured in Kazakhstan on Christmas Day, ...