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Russian national carrier Aeroflot canceled four flights that normally use the Sukhoi Superjet aircraft Wednesday, days after a deadly crash during an emergency landing in Moscow where 41 people died in a fire. A total of five Aeroflot flights were canceled by early evening, according ...
Russia probes possible pilot error after deadly Aeroflot jetliner blaze
Russian investigators were on Tuesday considering pilot error as the cause of a crash that saw a plane erupt in flames at Moscow's busiest airport and kill 41 people during an emergency landing, media reported. The first fire engine arrived at the scene only two ...
Pilot says lightning caused deadly Aeroflot crash during emergency landing
The pilot of a Russian passenger plane that erupted in a ball of fire on the runway of Moscow's busiest airport, killing 41 people, said lightning led to the emergency landing. Investigators were on Monday working to understand the causes of the blaze after the ...
Taliban says U.S. promised to halve its troops in Afghanistan by April: RIA
A Taliban official said on Wednesday that the United States had promised to withdraw half of its troops from Afghanistan by the end of April during talks last month, RIA news agency reported, more than past estimates of the planned pull-out. There was no immediate ...
Rudy Giuliani admits Trump pursued Moscow tower throughout 2016, raising collusion questions
U.S. President Donald Trump pursued a business deal to erect a tower bearing his name in Moscow throughout 2016, his attorney said on Sunday, raising new questions for congressional investigators looking into possible ties between the president and Russia. Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani said he ...
Goodbye Stalin: Moscow metro sheds Soviet look in bold new stations
Moscow's metro system is famed for its Stalin-era stations with glittering chandeliers and mosaics, but architects are taking a radical new approach as the network undergoes a massive expansion. While the original stations were conceived as "palaces for the people" in an era when the ...
U.S. senators led by GOP's Rand Paul, on Moscow trip, invite Russian lawmakers to Washington
A group of U.S. senators, on a visit to Moscow on Monday, said they have invited Russian lawmakers to Washington later this year in a bid to help ease tensions between the two countries. On the second trip by U.S. politicians to the Russian capital ...
Suspected Russian spy found working in U.S. Embassy in Moscow, quietly let go: reports
A suspected Russian spy worked at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow for a decade before being quietly dismissed last year, reports said Thursday. The woman, a Russian national, was hired by the Secret Service and came under suspicion following a routine security sweep carried out ...
Ukraine moves to split church from Russia as elections approach
Ukraine's Orthodox Church could become independent of Moscow under the terms of a presidential initiative lawmakers approved on Thursday, a move that President Petro Poroshenko said would make it harder for Russia to meddle in Ukrainian affairs. Ukraine's pro-Western leaders have sought step by step ...
Putin won the election, a victory he may later regret
If one scratches beneath the surface, it's clear that Putin faces a growing number of complex challenges that are likely to deepen in the coming months and gradually erode his political momentum.
For Putin's Russia, a poisoned spy sends a political message
The poisoning is a sign of how just committed Vladimir Putin's Kremlin has become at eradicating its enemies — and reminding others it can do so.
