A total of 142 people died after a fire that engulfed the Lame Horse night club in Perm in the early hours of December 5 after an indoor fireworks display went awry.
The artistic director along with two other Lame Horse executives and the director of the fireworks supplier, are under investigation over the accident. Negligence charges were brought against senior emergencies and fire safety officials in the city, who were sacked along with a host of other officials earlier this week. They face up to seven years in prison if convicted.
On December 8 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited Perm and laid flowers to the site of the tragedy. "All vices of our bureaucracy - its incompetence, corruptness - were reflected in the Perm tragedy," Putin said.
On December 10, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev attended a European and Asian media forum organized by RIA Novosti that brought together more than 150 top media managers .
On December 11, 1994, exactly 15 years ago, units of the Russian Defense Ministry and Interior Ministry crossed the administrative border with the Chechen Republic. The first Chechen campaign began and declared to restore constitutional order in Chechnya.
On December 8, Russian legendary actor Vyacheslav Tikhonov was buried at the Novodevichy Convent cemetery, the burial place for many Russian dignitaries.
Darya Zhukova, the girlfriend of Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich, has given birth to her first child, and the Russian billionaire's sixth, in California.
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