At least nine killed in suspected gas blast in far eastern Russia | AFP

Rescue workers are on the scene after a suspected gas explosion in a five-storey residential building killed nine people in Russia's northeastern Sakhalin island, according to the local governor.

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[horseandcart]

What a terrible tragedy. But to be honest, it is difficult to feel much sympathy for anything Russian these days.