Russia & CIS

Russia’s transport watchdog will inspect operations of UAE-based FlyDubai carrier in Russia after a deadly crash of Boeing 737-800.

The flight recorders from the FlyDubai FZ981 flight which crashed in Russia on its way from Dubai are in good condition, a spokeswoman for Russia's Investigative Committee said Saturday.

The investigation into the deadly plane crash in southern Russia will take about two months, a spokeswoman for Russia's Investigative Committee said Saturday.

The Spanish Foreign Ministry confirmed to Sputnik on Saturday that a Spanish citizen was one of the pilots of the FZ981 flight which crashed in Russia on its way from Dubai.

The head of Spanish consular mission to Russia in Rostov-on-Don has arrived at the scene of the FlyDubai plane crash, the Spanish Foreign Ministry told Sputnik on Saturday.

The Spanish Foreign Ministry confirmed to Sputnik on Saturday that two Spanish citizens were among the crew members of the crashed FlyDubai Boeing in Russia.

The crashed FlyDubai Boeing's pilot did not send SOS messages, the company's CEO said. Ghaith al-Ghaith ruled out a bomb attack as a possible cause of the plane's crash in Russia.

The first Mi-8AMTSh-VA helicopter, adapted for freezing Arctic weather conditions, has been delivered to the Russian Armed Forces by the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant in southeastern Russia, Zvezda TV reported on Friday.

Specialists have found the second flight data recorder at the crash site of the FlyDubai Boeing in Rostov-on-Don.

The Cyprus Consular General in Russia has left for Rostov-on-Don to assist in the identification of a Cypriot citizen among the victims of the FlyDubai Boeing crash.

A Boeing 737-800 aircraft belonging to the United Arab Emirates-based company FlyDubai crashed in the airport of Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia, the Meduza news agency reported early Saturday.

Azerbaijani Armed Forces will take all measures to prevent Armenia’s terrorist activities, a message of the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said March 19.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has sent a letter of condolence to Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

Armenian armed forces violated the ceasefire with Azerbaijan 132 times in various directions of the frontline using large caliber machine guns, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said.

A delegation led by Oklahoma National Guard commander, U.S. Brigadier General Hopper Smith is paying a visit to Azerbaijan, AzerTag reports.

Azerbaijani Defense Ministry has commented on proposal of the Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, Personal Representative to the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, on strict observation of ceasefire on the upcoming Nowruz Bayram and Easter holidays.

Armenia’s criminal military and political leadership bears responsibility for the escalation of tensions on the contact line of Armenian and Azerbaijani troops, Azerbaijani Defense Minister, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov said, the defense ministry told APA.

The FlyDubai Boeing 737-800 from Dubai crashed while landing in the southwestern city of Rostov-on-Don, the country’s Emergency Situations Ministry announced.

The Venice Commission concluded that Russia should fulfill any decision made by the European Court of Human Rights, regardless of Russian legal norms. Europe wants Russia to change its own Constitution saying that it should be done on the basis of the Convention on Human Rights that Russia ratified in 1998 when joining the Council of Europe

Exchange rate of USD against manat for March 28 was set at AZN 1.5876, the Central Bank of Azerbaijan told APA-Economics.