The snow-covered roof of a large Moscow market collapsed early today, killing at least 49 people and forcing rescuers to clear away concrete slabs and metal beams to reach possible survivors trapped in the wreckage.

A civilian helicopter crashed today in far eastern Russia, killing at least two crew members.

Searchers rescued two reindeer herders today who had been left for dead after an avalanche roared through a village on Russia’s Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, killing nine others, the Emergency Situations Ministry said.

A bus carrying children on a sightseeing tour crashed in western Russia, killing one schoolgirl and injuring eight others, officials said.

A suspected suicide bomb tore through the Moscow metro during today’s morning rush hour, killing 30 people and wounding up to 150.

A fire ripped through a Moscow dormitory crowded with newly arrived foreign students early today, killing at least 32 people and injuring 127 others.

A fire tore through a Moscow university dormitory early today, killing at least 32 foreign students and injuring 78 others.

At least 10 people died today when a steamroller tumbled off a truck and crashed onto a passenger bus in central Russia, emergency workers said.

A bus carrying 40 people has been seized by at least one gunman in southern Russia. It was heading to a popular resort town in the Caucasus Mountains.