A competition on the recitation of the Holy Qur'an with the participation of reciters from 20 countries of the BRICS countries, as well as the Arab-Muslim world - the CIS, Asia and Africa - has started in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan. The winner will receive a cash prize of $7,000.

A passenger train traveling from Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, to Adler collided with a KAMAZ truck in the Volgograd region of Russia. The accident was caused by the truck stopping on the train track. At least 140 people were injured in the incident.