For the first time in many years, visitors to Moscow’s 540 meter tall Ostankino TV Tower will be able to admire the Russian capital from an open observation deck 85 meters above ground.

The Ostankino TV Tower is the world’s 4th tallest and Europe’s highest and rises to 540 metres (1,771 feet). It was built in 1967 by the famous Soviet engineer, Nikolai Nikitin.

MOSCOW-- The bodies of two people killed in a fire in Moscow's Ostankino television tower were recovered from an elevator on Monday, according to Russian officials. Firefighter Vladimir Artyukov ...

Moscow's landmark Ostankino television tower, seriously damaged by an August fire, will be extended during restoration work to again become the world's tallest freestanding structure, according to ...

And some fear the powerful steel wires forming the skeleton of the 1,772-foot Ostankino TV tower, which dominates the city skyline, may have been damaged by the intense heat — and could cause ...

Fire broke out Friday high up in the Ostankino television tower, Europe's tallest freestanding structure, Russian news agencies reported. A fire in the tower in August 2000 killed three people and ...

Moscow - Fire spread relentlessly through Russia's showpiece Ostankino television tower, one of the world's tallest structures, and hopes were fading early on Monday for four people believed ...

Europe's tallest structure is on fire. A fire started early Sunday in the Ostankino television tower in Moscow. Seven firefighters escaped injury when one of the tower's elevators collapsed.

Almost a day after the fire started in Moscow's landmark Ostankino TV tower - twice the height of France's Eiffel Tower - smoke no longer emerged from the huge structure but fears lingered that it ...

It is noted that during the whole period of thunderstorms the Ostankino TV tower worked in normal mode, no consequences from lightning strikes occurred MOSCOW, June 6. /TASS/. Lightning struck the ...

Late Sunday evening, Moscow residents may have been surprised to see NHL star Alexander Ovechkin’s image and the number “895” projected onto the Ostankino TV tower on the north side of the ...

One of Moscow’s landmarks, the Ostankino TV tower, was lit up in the colours of the flags of India and Russia on Monday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi began a two-day high-profile visit to the ...