The Latest Breaking News from Russia

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Tsunamis hit parts of Russia's Far East and Japan on Wednesday after a huge magnitude 8.8 earthquake, with warnings in place around the Pacific of waves of over three metres (10 feet) in places.

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Japan’s meteorological agency has issued a tsunami alert for Japan’s Pacific coast, upgrading an earlier advisory stemming from the powerful, magnitude 8.0 quake near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula

Impact of water surges less than initially feared after quake of 8.8 magnitude hit near Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula

The sixth most powerful earthquake on record triggered widespread evacuation orders across multiple countries including the US and Japan

Magnitude 8.8 quake off Russia’s east coast had prompted warnings and evacuations in dozens of countries.

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