A Russian carrier rocket put a U.S. telecommunications satellite into orbit on Sunday morning, the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos said.
A large fire which broke out in a construction market outside Moscow on Monday was successfully put out, a Russian Emergencies Ministry spokesman said.
A 26-year-old Belarusian man escaped from Moscow"s Butyrka prison on Monday. Officials were at a loss as to how he managed to make his way to freedom.
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