The Investigative Committee of Russia (ICR) has opened a criminal case into the plane crash of an ultralight aircraft in Yakutia, according to the website of the East Siberian Investigation Department for Transport of the ICR. It is noted that a criminal case was initiated “on the grounds of crimes provided for in Part 2 of Art.

The Kogalymavia airline plane that crashed in Egypt disintegrated in the air, but it is too early to draw conclusions about the causes of the disaster. This statement was made by the executive director of the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC), Viktor Sorochenko, after inspecting the crash site of the plane. “It’s too early to talk about conclusions. The destruction occurred in the air, and the fragments were scattered over a large area (about 20 sq.

The ruling New Azerbaijan party may receive at least 66 seats in the country’s parliament based on the results of the elections, according to exit polls from the Center for Independent Research. Earlier, deputy head of the party Ali Akhmedov said that “New Azerbaijan”, based on its own calculations, expects to receive at least 70 seats in the country’s new parliament, RIA Novosti reports.

The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, said that work related to the crash of the Russian A321 airliner in Egypt began for the department in Vienna, after a multilateral meeting on Syria. “On Saturday, this burden of responsibility and this stage ended, we got up and then the first reports that the plane had disappeared from radar... From the very first minutes, despite the fact that mentally we were still in this Syrian process...

The number of casualties in the militant attack on a hotel in Mogadishu is unknown. The number of victims of a terrorist attack in the center of the Somali capital Mogadishu has risen to 15 people. On November 1, two explosions occurred in Mogadishu. After the incident, the attackers entered the Sahafi Hotel building and entered into a shootout with law enforcement officers.

The third plane of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations with rescuers on board, who will begin work at the crash site of the A321 airliner, has arrived in Egypt, Interfax reports, citing the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. On board the Il-76 there are 40 rescuers from the Leader Center with the necessary equipment, as well as two KamAZ trucks, which will be used by Russian specialists.

Rescuers from the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations will continue searching on the morning of Monday, November 2, at the crash site of an A321 aircraft in Egypt in the central part of the Sinai Peninsula. This was announced by the acting head of the National Center for Crisis Management of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia Alexey Smirnov.

Emirates Airlines is suspending flights over the Sinai Peninsula due to the crash of the Russian A321 passenger aircraft, AFP reports, citing a representative of the air carrier. “Emirates will currently avoid flying over the Sinai Peninsula until further information becomes available. We are monitoring developments,” said the agency’s interlocutor. Earlier, Lufthansa and Air France announced the decision to suspend flights over the Sinai Peninsula.

Deputy head of Rostourism Grigory Sarishvili headed the representative office of the Komi Republic under the President of Russia in Moscow. The former head of the permanent mission, Liliya Oparina, was relieved of her position “at her own request.” Such orders were signed by the acting head of Komi, Sergei Gaplikov, TASS reports from the press service. “Representative offices of the republic both in Moscow and St. Petersburg must constantly work with all federal bodies.

Flydubai and Emirates Airline have decided to refrain from flying over the Sinai Peninsula after the crash of an A321 aircraft with 224 passengers on board, Arabian Business reports. Airlines will circle the area over the Sinai Peninsula until the reasons for the crash of the Russian aircraft are established.

Egypt's Civil Aviation Minister Hossam Kamal said the crew of the A321 plane that crashed in the Sinai Peninsula did not issue an SOS signal. There were no signals at all about problems on board the plane, the minister clarified. “Until the moment of the crash, we were not informed of any problems on board the plane. We also did not receive any SOS signals,” the BBC quotes him as saying.

There were no engine failures on Kogalymavia A321 aircraft during operation, said former CEO of the airline Sergei Mordvintsev. “The A321 aircraft is a safe machine. There were no engine failures during operation,” RIA Novosti quotes him as saying. Mr. Mordvintsev also said that he worked at the airline as general director from July 11, 2013 to October 23 of the current one. “I received an offer for the position of manager of another company in September 2015.

The case of the ex-head of the St. Petersburg Energy Committee has been dismissed In St. Petersburg, as local media report, the criminal prosecution of one of the main defendants in the so-called pipe case, the ex-head of the Smolny Energy Committee Oleg Trishkin, has been stopped due to the lack of corpus delicti in his actions.

She won the title that was predicted for the Russian woman The final tournament of the Women's Tennis Association in Singapore ended with the sensational triumph of Agnieszka Radwańska. In the final, the Polish tennis player, who lost the first two matches at the preliminary stage, defeated the Czech Petra Kvitova - 6:2, 4:6, 6:3. Maria Sharapova, whom many considered the main contender for victory after three victories in the group, stumbled in the semifinals.

The Russian artistic gymnastics team took third place in the medal count at the World Championships, which ended in Glasgow, TASS reports. The Russians have three gold and one silver medals. The USA team took first place (5-2-3), the Japanese gymnasts took second (4-0-1). All the medals of the Russian team at the World Championships were won by women in certain types of all-around gymnastics.