The plane that crashed in Kazakhstan could have been shot down from the ground by a missile. We analyze this version together with experts Photo: Issa Tazhenbayev / AFP / Scanpix / LETA Shortly after the crash of the plane, which was flying from Baku to Grozny, footage of holes in the fuselage appeared on social networks. After this, many bloggers and journalists began to claim that the plane that crashed in Aktau, Kazakhstan, became the target of an anti-aircraft missile attack.

Photo: Azamat Sarsenbaev / EPA-EFE The Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Aktau, Kazakhstan, was shot down by a Russian missile, Euronews reports , citing sources in the Azerbaijani government. As journalists write, citing sources in the Azerbaijani government, the cause of the plane crash was a Russian surface-to-air missile. According to interlocutors, the missile was fired at the plane during an attack by Ukrainian drones on Grozny.

Experts are once again predicting the imminent collapse of the Russian economy, but how likely is it to happen next year? New Year decorations in Moscow, 11 December 2024. Photo: EPA-EFE/SERGEI ILNITSKY Since the start of the war in Ukraine, the Russian economy has been either slated as heading for total collapse or praised for its stability and resilience.

New-Europe correspondent in Kyiv Olga Musafirova - about the direct intervention of the military, which leads to plane crashes The wreckage of a crashed plane in Aktau, Kazakhstan, December 25, 2024. Photo: Isa Tazhenbayev / Xinhua / Chine Nouvelle / Sipa / Scanpix / LETA FROM THE EDITOR Today, December 26, Euronews, citing sources in the Azerbaijani government, reported that the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Aktau, Kazakhstan, was shot down by a Russian missile.

Photo: endoflaw / Telegram A court in the city of Samara in Russia’s Volga region has extended the pretrial detention of a saxophonist with severe health issues awaiting trial for his anti-war social media posts by three months, the End of Law Telegram channel reported on Wednesday.

What the war with Ukraine has turned the Russian military-industrial complex into, explains military expert Pavel Luzin Russian soldiers carry a Grad multiple launch rocket system shell in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, November 17, 2023.

Photo: Alexey Sokolov A man drove his car into a military recruitment office in the town of Gus Khrustalny in central Russia’s Vladimir region on Wednesday and then set it alight, the town’s mayor Alexey Sokolov has reported . Sokolov did not name the man, who is now in police custody, saying he was “another victim of Ukrainian scammers”. He also urged local residents to “be sensible” and be wary of any calls and messages encouraging them to commit illegal acts.

Will the ruble exchange rate continue to fluctuate like this? Will inflation get out of control? Economic analyst answers key questions ahead of 2025 New Year is coming - what to expect from it? What are the main threats facing the economy in the coming year? Will inflation get out of control? Is it true that Russians have never lived as richly as during the war? Will the ruble exchange rate continue to fluctuate? And will partnership with China save Russia?

Wreckage of the Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 passenger plane near Aqtau, Kazakhstan, 25 December 2024. Photo: EPA-EFE/STR A Russian surface-to-air missile was fired at the Azerbaijan Airlines plane which crashed at Aqtau Airport in southwestern Kazakhstan killing 38 people on Wednesday, Azerbaijani government sources have confirmed to Euronews.

We recall the main events of the theater year: the trial of Berkovich and Petriychuk, massive support for theaters in the “new territories,” the successes of those who left in the West Announcement of the Golden Mask award winners at the Vakhtangov Theater. Photo: Artur Novosiltsev / Moscow Agency In December 2023, summing up the results of the year, we wrote about the complete reversal of everything that the Russian theater had achieved over decades of freedom.

On the afternoon of December 25, the Estlink 2 power cable running across the Baltic Sea, which connects Estonia and Finland, stopped functioning. This was reported by the Finnish network company Fingrid. The company said it was investigating the incident. Fingrid representatives do not rule out that the cause of the breakdown could have been vandalism. Prime Minister of Finland Petteri Orpo assured that the accident will not affect the power supply to citizens.

Photo: Ritchie B. Tongo / EPA-EFE Apple has defended the reported removal of a number of independent media apps and VPN services from its Russian App Store as a means of avoiding a total block on Apple content in Russia, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Tuesday.

Why 2024 became a turning point in support for Ukraine in the West, and how potential peace negotiations between Trump and Putin could end Vladimir Zelensky speaks at a press conference as part of the EU summit in Brussels, Belgium, December 19, 2024. Photo: Olivier Matthys/EPA Of the nearly three years of war in Ukraine, the last year has forced the West to seriously reconsider its ambitions to support Ukraine until its victory.

Mobile operators in Russia will disconnect communications, suspend refunds and freeze money in subscribers' accounts at the request of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Federal Tax Service, the Federal Customs Service and a court decision. Deputies want to make such amendments to the law “On Communications,” Vedomosti writes . Now subscribers have the opportunity to withdraw funds from their mobile number account or pay for online purchases with it, even if their bank accounts are frozen.

The crash site of The Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 passenger plane near Aktau, Kazakhstan, 25 December 2024. Photo: EPA-EFE/AZAMAT SARSENBAYEV Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Moscow would not “put forward hypotheses” about the cause of the Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane crash at Aqtau Airport in southwestern Kazakhstan that killed 38 people on Wednesday, state news agency TASS has reported .