Section: The National (United Arab Emirates)
Dutch vote on key EU-Kiev pact as Europe watches
THE HAGUE // Dutch people began voting Wednesday on whether to back a key EU pact with Ukraine in a referendum triggered by grassroots eurosceptic groups and seen as a yardstick on ties with Brussels.Polling stations opened across the country from early Wednesday, with a small trickle of voters queueing to cast their ballots in the non-binding...
World figures deny wrongdoing as Panama Papers turn spotlight on tax evasion
PANAMA CITY // Governments across the world began investigating possible financial wrongdoing by the rich and powerful on Monday following a leak of documents from a Panamanian law firm which allegedly showed how clients avoided tax or laundered money.The documents detailed schemes involving an array of figures from friends of Russian president...
Russian court begins delivering verdict in Ukraine pilot trial
Donetsk, Russia // A Russian court yesterday began delivering its verdict in the high-profile murder trial of Ukrainian helicopter pilot Nadiya Savchenko, which Kiev and the West have slammed as a political sham.Prosecutors are demanding a 23-year jail term for Savchenko’s alleged involvement in the killing of two Russian state TV...
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...
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...
Russian opposition pays respects to slain Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov
Moscow // Thousands of Russians on Saturday honoured the memory of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, who was gunned down near the Kremlin a year earlier in the most high-profile assassination of Vladimir Putin’s rule.Anti-Kremlin activists urged ordinary Russians to join them on a memorial march through central Moscow, with other...
World has slipped back into Cold War, Russia warns
Munich // The world has plunged into a “new Cold War”, the Russian premier said on Saturday, as East-West tensions over Syria and Ukraine dominated a gathering of world leaders in Germany.US Secretary of State John Kerry told the Munich Security Conference that Russia must stop targeting moderate rebels in Syria and pull its troops...
