.Quake registered under Bering Sea bed.

PETROPAVLOSK-KAMCHATSKY, May 12 (Itar-Tass) - An earthquake with a
magnitude of 4.5 was registered 33 kilometres under the bed of the Bering
Sea, the Russian Geophysical Service said on Wednesday.
There were no reports on fatalities or destructions. No tsunami
warning was announced.
Seismologists say the earthquake was reported at 8:00 local time.
The epicenter was 466 kilometers southeast of the village of
Provideniye on Chukotka.


.Russia demands investigation of vandalism acts in Germany - FM.

MOSCOW, May 12 (Itar-Tass) - Russia's Foreign Ministry demanded that
Germany's authorities should investigate vandalism against monuments to
Soviet soldiers in Berlin, the ministry's spokesman, Andrei Nesterenko,
said.
"It evokes regret that Berlin's authorities responsible for security
of widely visited memorials to fallen WWII Soviet soldiers did not take
appropriate measures to prevent evil-minded provocations that throw a
shadow on the policy of historical conciliation of the Russian and German
people," the diplomat said.
"This also concerns the lack of prompt actions to eradicate the damage
imposed through inscribing insulting words at the monument in Tiergarten,"
he said.
He stressed that "an evident political connotation and planned actions
aimed at disrupting memorial events that took place in the German capital
on the eve of the 65th anniversary of the victory over fascism call
attention."
"Taking into account high-level Russian-German partnership confirmed
by German Chancellor Angela Merkel's participation in the events on May 9
to mark the 65th anniversary of victory in WWII we expect from the German
Foreign Ministry and Berlin Senate a careful and comprehensive assessment
of what had happened. We also believe that effective measures will be
taken to toughen security of WWII Soviet monuments and cemeteries in
Germany," the diplomat said.
Unidentified persons vandalized war monuments in Berlin- Lichtenberg
and Berlin- Tiergarten on may 8-9.
"Following the incidents the Russian Embassy in Germany announced a
resolute protest in a note sent to the German Foreign Ministry on May 10.
It demanded a comprehensive and thorough investigation aimed at detecting
those responsible and bringing them to responsibility," Nesterenko said.



.Russian Seafarers' Union to call for ban on ageing ships.

VLADIVOSTOK, May 12 (Itar-Tass) - The Russian Seafarers' Union will
take part in the conference of the International Transport Workers'
Federation that opens in Manila, the Philippines, on Wednesday.
751 unions representing over 4,600,000 transport workers in 154
countries are members of the International Transport Workers' Federation.
The chairman of the Far Eastern regional organization of the Russian
Seafarers' Union, Nikolai Sukhanov, who heads the Russian delegation to
the conference, said by phone from Manila Russian delegates plan to demand
a ban on the use of ships that operated in Europe for over 30 years.
Europe stopped using old vessels, while ship-owners of the countries
of the Asia-Pacific Region, including Russia, continue to use them in
Asian seas and the Pacific Ocean. Thus, ageing ships sank killing many
crewmembers and passengers.
The Russian delegation also plans to raise the problem of the fight
against sea piracy.
In the first quarter of 2010 Somali pirates attacked eleven ships and
took 194 seafarers hostage. Twelve seafarers were injured.
Seafarers' unions began to collect signatures under the petition
calling on all governments to pool efforts to protect ships from pirates
and extend funds necessary for this campaign. The petition will be handed
over to the governments by the World Maritime Day marked on September 23.


.Six mine blast victims to be buried in Kemerovo region.

MEZHDURECHENSK, May 12 (Itar-Tass) - Six miners killed in the
Raspadskaya coal mine blast in the Kemerovo region will be buried in
Mezhdurechensk on Wednesday.
The death toll from the mine blast in central Russia reached 52.
Another 38 miners remain missing.

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