Via Interfax:
The leader of Russia's Liberal Democratic Party Vladimir Zhirinovsky says that the meteorite shower was actually a new weapons test by the U.S., and that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry tried to warn his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, but he couldn't get in touch with him. [article in Russian]
By most accounts, this seems to have been a meteorite.
The leader of Russia's Liberal Democratic Party Vladimir Zhirinovsky says that the meteorite shower was actually a new weapons test by the U.S., and that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry tried to warn his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, but he couldn't get in touch with him. [article in Russian]
By most accounts, this seems to have been a meteorite.
Dashcams are a big deal in Russia. Usually we just get weird crazy driver sequences...but today there actually seems to be some purpose.
A lot of people asking why dash-cams so popular in Russia. Here's why. rferl.org/content/dash-c… @katies @rsingel
— Luke Allnutt (@lukeallnutt) February 15, 2013
Sergei Novikov, a spokesman for the Rosatom state nuclear energy agency, says:
"The Rosatom state corporation has six major plants in the Yekaterinburg and Chelyabinsk regions. All of them are working without any change, according to the regular schedule. The meteorite shower has not affected the functioning of these installations or public services in any way."
"The Rosatom state corporation has six major plants in the Yekaterinburg and Chelyabinsk regions. All of them are working without any change, according to the regular schedule. The meteorite shower has not affected the functioning of these installations or public services in any way."
A jarring explosion:
the shockwave sound the meteorite crash makes is wild: youtube.com/watch?feature=… & youtube.com/watch?v=Np_mpG… (via @nealstephenson)
— nathanjurgenson (@nathanjurgenson) February 15, 2013
Dmirty Medvedev on the meteorite: It shows that "not only the economy is vulnerable, but the whole planet."
Although you wouldn't know it by the language, this Russian driver is pretty calm. He says: "What the f***? What is that? This is a f***ing meteorite. F*** me. F***ing hell. Holy fuck. I guess I got on my thing (eds: dash-cam)."
Locals in Qostanai Oblast in Northern Kazakhstan report having seen the flash from the meteorite -- Itar-TASS
Vladimir Stepanov, chief of the Crisis Control Center at the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry, says "Radiation levels on the territory of the Russian regions are normal. Energy, communications, transport insfrastrucure, and public services are functioning normally."
Listen as the meteorite blows out windows and sets of car alarms.
Some good pics of the damage to various buildings in Chelyabinsk.
Updated site with pics, video of meteorite aftermath @znak_com: znak.com/urfo/articles/… Thanks @niktwick
— Russian Police Watch (@RusPoliceWatch) February 15, 2013