Five Bosnian Climbers Feared Dead on Russia’s Mount Elbrus - The Moscow Times

July 26, 2026

View from the Garabashi base camp on the southern slope of Mount Elbrus.

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Five Bosnian climbers are feared to have died on Russia's Mount Elbrus, the highest mountain in Europe, after being caught in a violent storm, a Bosnian climbing rescue service said on Sunday, as Russian rescuers continued to search for the bodies.

Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry said rescuers had saved two other climbers, who were evacuated from the mountain and taken for medical care.

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