There is objective information to say train was blown up –Yakunin

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LYKOSHINO, Tver Region, November 28 (Itar-Tass) — There is objective information for investigators to consider as one of the theories of the Nevsky Express crash that the train was blown up with an unidentified explosive device, the Russian Railways company’s President Vladimir Yakunin told reporters at the crash site at the border between the Tver and Novgorod Regions.

Repair work has not been started yet, as the examination by investigators is continuing at the site, he said.

One track can be opened when the permission is given to start the work, he added.

It will take some time to repair other 200 metres of the damaged railroad, Yakunin noted.

Trains running between Moscow and St. Petersburg are diverted to a bypass way.

According to the preliminary information, the Nevsky Express train crash killed 25 people and injured more than 90.

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Putin Slam’s & Turns Down Michael Dell’s Aid Offer !

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Perhaps Vladimir Putin is more of a Mac man.

After a speech Wednesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Mr. Putin, Russia’s prime minister, took some questions from Davos attendees. Michael Dell, the founder and chief executive of Dell, posed the first query. He asked how technology companies could help Russia make the best use of its talent and technology. Mr. Putin appeared less than impressed with the question.

“You see, the trick is that we don’t need any help,” Mr. Putin said, according to a video of the event on YouTube. “We are not invalids. We do not have limited capacity.”

Reports from the event suggest that the audience was taken aback by Mr. Putin’s aggressive remarks. The version of the event on YouTube, however, seems to put things in a less caustic light. (The reports also have Mr. Putin saying Russia does not have “limited mental capacity” rather than just “limited capacity” in an infrastructure sense, as the translation seems to imply.)

Mr. Putin appeared set on defending Russia as an advanced nation and not a developing country in need of aid. He celebrated the broad use of computers and Internet access at Russian schools and boasted about Russian software developers.

“Our programmers are some of the best in the world,” Mr. Putin said. “No one would contest that here –- not even our Indian colleagues.”

To that point, companies such as Sun Microsystems and Intel have long tapped Russia for help on some of their most sophisticated software projects. Freelance criminal software programmers are also known worldwide for their ability building malware.

In the video clip floating about, Mr. Dell did not have a chance to follow up on his original question, and Dell’s corporate public relations staff declined to comment on the matter.

Mr. Dell may have set himself up for a spirited response by prefacing his question with a jab at Mr. Putin’s politics.

“Mister Prime Minister, you spoke of the dangers of excessive government involvement, and I found myself really struck by that comment and surprised to hear that comment,” Mr. Dell said. “Six months ago, I would have never imagined hearing that comment from yourself, but I have to say I completely agree with you.”