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Amid Ukraine war fallout, fearful Chechen women seek escape route
AFP, Published on 28/01/2026
» EUROPE - Facing what activists say is a hardening of repression inside Chechnya amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Asil and Aishat, both young women, recently fled their violent families in search of safety.
Russian court jails former general who criticised top brass for 5 years on fraud charges
Reuters, Published on 24/04/2025
» MOSCOW - A former Russian commander who criticised Moscow's military leadership in Ukraine was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday after a military court found him guilty of large-scale fraud, Russian news agencies reported.
Azerbaijan's president says crashed plane was shot at from Russia
Reuters, Published on 29/12/2024
» BAKU/MOSCOW - Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said on Sunday that a passenger plane that crashed last week, killing 38 people, had been damaged by shooting from the ground in Russia, and he said some in Russia had lied about the cause of the disaster.
Putin apologises for ‘tragic’ plane crash
News Agencies, Published on 28/12/2024
» Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologised to Ilham Aliyev, the president of Azerbaijan, for what the Kremlin said was a “tragic incident” in Russian airspace involving the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan on Dec 25.
Azerbaijani plane passengers describe ‘loud bangs’
Reuters, Published on 27/12/2024
» BAKU, Azerbaijan - Two passengers and one crew member on the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan told Reuters that they heard at least one loud bang as it approached its original destination of Grozny in southern Russia.
Azerbaijan Airlines suspends flights to Russian cities after Kazakhstan crash
Reuters, Published on 27/12/2024
» MOSCOW - Azerbaijan Airlines said on Friday that it was suspending flights to seven Russian cities, Russian media reported, after one of its planes crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday during a flight to Grozny, in Russia's Chechnya.
Azerbaijan plane ‘downed by Russian air defence’
News Agencies, Published on 26/12/2024
» BAKU, Azerbaijan - An Azerbaijan Airlines flight that crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday was downed by a Russian air defence system, four sources in Azerbaijan with knowledge of the investigation have told Reuters.
Many feared dead in Kazakhstan plane crash
Reuters and AFP, Published on 25/12/2024
» ASTANA, Kazakhstan - An Embraer passenger jet flying from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on Wednesday with 62 passengers and five crew on board, Kazakh authorities said, adding that 32 survivors had been rescued.
Putin inspects troops readying to fight Ukraine in surprise trip to Chechnya
Reuters, Published on 21/08/2024
» Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov on Tuesday inspected Chechen troops and volunteers readying to fight Ukraine, the Kremlin said, in what was Putin's first trip in 13 years to the North Caucasus republic.
Russian court hears appeal by Nobel winner
AFP, Published on 14/12/2023
» MOSCOW - A Russian court on Thursday began hearing the appeal of Oleg Orlov, a veteran human rights campaigner and co-chair of the Nobel Prize-winning group Memorial, who has been convicted of discrediting Russian forces.