Pain for others is a necessary kind of pain.

NEVSKY EXPRESS

According to witnesses it rescuers an hour and a half to get to the people hurt in the Nevsky Express tragedy, when 4 carriages of the train derailed. Reportedly this a terrorist act. The express was traveling from Moscow the St. Petersburg. Witnesses are saying that those who weren't hurt spent over an hour going through people's bags looking for painkillers for those hurt in the tragedy. Just found out that my uncle's very close friend died there......

My sister Dana Pelevine

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Since there are no other problems in the country PM Putin spent two hours of his work day at a rapper competition in Moscow, looking like an... (see above)

The last film of Oleg Yankovsky

This man, neither intelligent or well-spoken, nevertheless tells it how it is. For posting this appeal on Youtube he was already fired from his job. I fear this appeal will have little effect since people have reached a new level of indifference and those in power feel they are above this 'petty' stuff. 

Russian Major's appeal to Putin.

The tragedy at Fort Hood might not be just a senseless loss of young lives but may also result in   a wave of anti-Muslim tendencies.  Is the media making potentially dangerous assumptions or is America really facing a threat from home-grown terrorists? This attack does not appear to be a plotted and well-prepared act but the outburst itself could have serious consequences.