Russian satellite debris lands in Cosmonaut Street

[ via BBC Europe ] 24 Dec

Fragments of a Russian satellite that failed to launch properly have landed in a street named after cosmonauts in a remote Siberian village, reports say.

The Meridian communications satellite failed to reach orbit on Friday.

Parts crashed into the Novosibirsk region of central Siberia and were found in the Ordynsk district around 100km (60 miles) south of the regional capital, Novosibirsk.

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Siberian Snow Leopards Photographed for the First Time

The Moscow Times 1 Dec

A Russian-Mongolian expedition has captured the first-ever photographs of snow leopards in a remote part of the Altai Mountains. Scientists climbed to altitudes of up to 4,000 meters to post 10 photo-traps on Chikhachyova Ridge, on the Russian-Mongolian border.

Rare Siberian Leopard photograph - photographed for the first time

Two snow leopards were photographed by the motion-sensitive cameras between Oct. 26 and 30. The scientists were accompanied by a German shepherd trained to search for snow leopard traces, including hair and feces. 

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