Section: United Arab Emirates
Ukraine pilot Savchenko found guilty over journalist killings, Russia says
Donetsk, Russia // A Russian court on Monday found Ukrainian combat pilot Nadiya Savchenko guilty over the killing of two Russian journalists in east Ukraine.The trial has been condemned by Kiev and the West as a political sham.Savchenko “committed the premeditated murder as part of a group of people from the motives of hatred and...
Once quiet Russian city thrust into spotlight as mourners flock to crash site
FlyDubai’s fatal crash at Rostov-on-Don airport has thrust the relatively quiet Southern Russian city into the global spotlight Investigators, including UAE aviation officials, are travelling to the city in an effort to determine why flight FZ981 nosedived into the runway at the airport, killing all 62 people aboard.A constant stream of...
Before FlyDubai crash, Rostov-on-Don was known for football and Nobel Prize winners
FlyDubai’s fatal crash at Rostov-on-Don airport has thrust the relatively quiet Southern Russian city into the global spotlight Investigators, including UAE aviation officials, are travelling to the city in an effort to determine why flight FZ981 nosedived into the runway at the airport, killing all 62 people aboard.Before the crash, global...
Ukraine pilot verdict in two days
Nadiya Savchenko ruling set to drive fresh wedge between Russia and Ukraine …read more Source: Gulf...
All we know about the FlyDubai crash so far
MOSCOW // Winds were gusting before dawn Saturday over the airport in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don when a plane carrying 62 people from Dubai, a favourite Russian holiday destination, decided to abort its landing.The timing was tricky. Two planes had landed just a few minutes before the FlyDubai plane aimed to touch down. On the...
Russian aviation disasters over the past decade
MOSCOW // A look at notable disasters over the past decade involving crashes involving Russian carriers or foreign planes landing in Russia:March 19, 2016: A Boeing 737-800 flown by FlyDubai crashes while landing at Rostov-on-Don, killing all 62 aboard.October 31, 2015: An on-board bomb destroys a Metrojet airliner soon after taking off from...
EU wants more countries to impose sanctions on Russia
BRUSSELS: The European Union (EU) called on Friday for more countries to impose sanctions on Russia over Moscow’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula two years ago, saying European governments were very worried about Moscow’s military build-up in the region. In a statement issued on the anniversary of Russia’s formal...
Ukraine finally topples Soviet founder’s statue
KIEV: It took two days and a giant crane, but Ukraine on Thursday finally managed to lift its biggest remaining statue of Soviet founder Lenin off its pedestal and consign it to the dustbins of history. The 20-metre-tall bronze and granite monument fell victim to a Ukrainian ban on Soviet symbols that was imposed in May 2015 as part of the...
Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebels issue their own passports
MOSCOW: Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine’s separatist Donetsk province on Wednesday began issuing their own passports in a bid to reassert their independence from the Western-backed leaders in Kiev. The red documents are similar in appearance to their Russian counterparts and are issued by the authorities of the self-proclaimed Donetsk...
Cats and dogs: fighters’ best friends in east Ukraine
‘Where there is a cat, everything is alright’ …read more Source: Gulf...
